Personal Care Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

About the Employer

A very friendly lady with a mobility disability and is a wheelchair user when out in the community, looking for a PA to support at home and to assist with going out into the community and getting involved with activities.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Mobility / Physical

• Cognitive / Learning

The employer's hobbies and interests:

. Writing / Crafts

• Reading

• Listening to music

Other relevant information

• The individual has allergies. Penicilin.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.

• Support and/or prompt the individual to take medication.

• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.

• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.

• Support with food shopping.

• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.

• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.

• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.

• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence .

The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Transport Requirement

Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.

Required Skills

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.

• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.

• To be able to work on own initiative.

• To be able to follow instructions accurately.

• Be patient, supportive and caring.

• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.

• Be empathetic.

• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.

• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.

• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.

• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 17.5 per week

Salary: From £11.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexitime

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 21/03/2023
Reference ID: DER14738AM1