Health & Safety
PC Community Care is committed to ensuring that the health, safety and welfare of both its staff and those affected by our activities including service users and relatives, is constantly being considered and conditions are always as safe as possible.
Staff recruitment
All staff are interviewed and vetted before commencing employment with PC Community Care. Our recruitment process involves gaining a full employment history, professional references and an enhanced criminal record check. Staff are issued with an identification badge and uniform on commencement.
Staff vary in ages, backgrounds and qualifications enabling us to best match personalities with our clients as well as the relevant skill set. These range from practical experience to National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) in Care and Social Care levels 2 and 3, to those with social care degrees.
Staff training
PC Community Care believes that its staff represent its greatest asset.
By providing opportunities, facilities and financial support for training the agency aims to ensure all of its staff are in possession of the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to perform their jobs to the highest standard. We fully adhere to Standard 19 – Development and Training of the National Minimum Standards for Domiciliary Care Agencies, which relates to the degree to which the registered manager of an organisation ensures that service users’ individual and joint needs are met by appropriately trained staff.
Before commencement, care staff are inducted in the following: Personal Care, Patient Moving and Handling, Food Hygiene, First Aid, Infection Control, Fire Safety, Code of Conduct, Protection of Vulnerable Adults and Disability Awareness.
