Female Personal Care Assistant​/Support Worker : CORK​/LD

Overview

Female Personal Care Assistant/Support Worker required to assist a Woman with a Physical Disability living in the Carluke area. You would provide one-to-one care and assistance within the home and in the community, including personal care and participation in social activities.

• Attend to all personal care needs (showering, toileting including bowel movements).
• Assist with medication.
• Prepare meals and healthy snacks as required.
• Provide walking assistance.
• Move and assist with a manual wheelchair.
• Household shopping and collecting prescriptions.
• Any other daily living tasks to promote independent living.

• Experience is required.
• Must be available to cover staff absences and holidays.
• The most important qualities are a warm and friendly nature and a desire to work within a caring role; good interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
• Hours of work (with a degree of flexibility): 16 hours per week, 4 shifts of 4 hours, typically Monday to Friday, 1 PM – 5 PM.
• Overtime will be available to cover the existing team’s absence.
• Hourly rate: £12.60 per hour.
• Shifts:
  
  4 hours per day, 1 PM – 5 PM, Monday to Friday (flexible as needed).
• Driver preferred but not essential.
• Pets in the household – comfortable working with a dog/cat/bird.
• Preference may be given to applicants who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19; careful consideration will be given to applicants who can show vaccination is not suitable for them on reasonable grounds.

The job is advertised by GCIL (South Lanarkshire) on behalf of a Personal Employer; GCIL is not the employer or an employment/recruitment agency. Our role is to assist with the recruitment process and the Employer’s responsibilities. GCIL (South Lanarkshire) is a Self-Directed Support service and part of Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL).

To apply please send your CV to: gcil

If selected for the next stage of the recruitment process, a member of the GCIL (South Lanarkshire) Team will be in touch to arrange the next steps. If hired, you will be employed directly by a Private Employer on a PAYE basis and will be entitled to statutory rights such as paid holidays and statutory sick pay (where eligible).