Roles And Responsibilities Of Oakwood Court Care Home

Within my role as care Home Manager for Oakwood court Care Home, I work closely with the Senior Carers and Senior Managements. I attend regular meetings to ensure I am informed of any events, activities, compliments, or complaints but also of any changes in our resident’s condition. Within this I am expected to be aware of resident care, ensuring their needs are met. This encourages me to be aware of each resident personally and to continually monitor. I am required to promote and lead person centred care. Providing person centred and accurate care plans for each resident for care staff to be able to work to. This also enables the home manager to monitor the progress of residents and their needs. Being a Home manager, I must ensure that I am aware of policy and procedure and

Throughout the business CQC standards shape many policies, procedures and working practices. Leading my staff to work in this way and understanding the importance of doing so. Through working in this way, I am able to lead and coach my team, providing feedback in their practice and encouraging them to reflect, not only as individuals but as a team, with the aim to build a productive and strong team. Following regular changes within the care sector I need to be aware of my own knowledge and performance and when I find areas that I am less confident or experienced in, for example, investigations, I gain guidance from my manager and any related policy within the company. Following policies and expectations within the care Home I maintain a high level of communication with residents’ families and next of kins. I can prioritise my development goals and targets by understanding the home needs. If there is an area of development, I require I base the urgency on the importance at that time. For example, if a resident had a particular need I was not confident with this would become high priority rather that a general topic of