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TECHNICIAN (PROVIDING CARE)
JOBS INCLUDED:
Equipment Technician • Equipment Aid • Rehabilitation Officer • Rehabilitation Engineer • Hearing Technician
• Guide Dog Assistant • IT Technician • School Laboratory Assistant • School Technician
Work
for and with service users on the provision, use and maintenance of appropriate
aids and equipment of all types,
including electronic and electro-mechanical equipment. Technicians work with
health and social care professionals
and other members of teams to identify and meet service users' needs.
The
work may include some or all of:
- involvement in service user assessment
- adjusting and explaining equipment
- maintaining and servicing equipment
- ensuring performance and safety
- monitoring and recording service user activity and progress
- custom manufacture of aids such as wheelchairs and speech synthesisers for individual service users
MANAGERS AND STAFF IN CARE-RELATED ROLES (NOT PROVIDING CARE)
JOBS INCLUDED:
Wide
range at all levels
ROLE DESCRIPTION
A range of roles which are specific to social care and need a high level of knowledge of the care provision activities of the organisation, but are not directly involved in providing care.
Included are jobs involving:
- Training and staff development
- Assessment e.g. of NVQs
- Practice learning management
- Compliance,
verification, quality control, quality assurance,
standards, procedures, Best Value, performanceassessment and review - Procurement, commissioning, contracting, payments
- Liaison and coordination between different organisations, e.g. in multi-agency working, partnership working
- Research and planning
- Customer relations, complaints
Includes staff at all levels including those with management responsibilities in these work areas.
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