Hi,
I run a daycare centre and care for people with various forms of dementia, since the government cuts in different fields my workload has become extremely challenging, and I cannot find any guidelines as to what is the safe limit of staff ratio to service users.
We make teas, serve dinners wash pots as well as provide personal care to people who are doubly incontinent. we need one to one care with our users frequently due to mini "episodes" we also have to provide activities a challenge in itself with the diversity of the group, and we transport them to and from the centre.
I would like to ask firstly...
Is there any kind of law to say my employers must provide escorts on the ambulance bus?
we rely on volunteers, but I am finding it difficult to get any as the group is so challenging. therefore I am doing the escorting myself.
we rent a room it is disabled friendly and very nice but has automatic opening doors as other rooms are used by other groups. I have services users that have tendencies to wander.
there is myself and my driver/carer that's it.
whilst I am toileting my driver/carer is left alone, should one s/u have an "episode" needing one to one my wanderers seize the opportunity ... I have fine tuned my hearing to know if the automatic door slides open, either leaving my toilet person alone for a minute or shouting my driver to call back the wanderers... not ideal.
but we keep everyone safe.
so, how many people can we legally look after??? please help, I cannot find the answers, I have challenged my employers, several times but if I can find evidence of laws it will help my fight.
not only do I have concerns for my users but also concerns for my driver and myself.
we have 15 service users, we pick them up from 9;00am then take them home at 3 and finish around 5 o'clock. we eat our lunch with the service users as well as helping some with feeding, serving and clearing up too.
Many thanks x
I run a daycare centre and care for people with various forms of dementia, since the government cuts in different fields my workload has become extremely challenging, and I cannot find any guidelines as to what is the safe limit of staff ratio to service users.
We make teas, serve dinners wash pots as well as provide personal care to people who are doubly incontinent. we need one to one care with our users frequently due to mini "episodes" we also have to provide activities a challenge in itself with the diversity of the group, and we transport them to and from the centre.
I would like to ask firstly...
Is there any kind of law to say my employers must provide escorts on the ambulance bus?
we rely on volunteers, but I am finding it difficult to get any as the group is so challenging. therefore I am doing the escorting myself.
we rent a room it is disabled friendly and very nice but has automatic opening doors as other rooms are used by other groups. I have services users that have tendencies to wander.
there is myself and my driver/carer that's it.
whilst I am toileting my driver/carer is left alone, should one s/u have an "episode" needing one to one my wanderers seize the opportunity ... I have fine tuned my hearing to know if the automatic door slides open, either leaving my toilet person alone for a minute or shouting my driver to call back the wanderers... not ideal.
but we keep everyone safe.
so, how many people can we legally look after??? please help, I cannot find the answers, I have challenged my employers, several times but if I can find evidence of laws it will help my fight.
not only do I have concerns for my users but also concerns for my driver and myself.
we have 15 service users, we pick them up from 9;00am then take them home at 3 and finish around 5 o'clock. we eat our lunch with the service users as well as helping some with feeding, serving and clearing up too.
Many thanks x