Female Personal Care Assistant

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Lady with a physical disability requires support for all daily activities and personal care. Lady uses a wheelchair and will need to be hoisted. All training will be provided by the employer.

10 hours per week on a rota, always working as a double with a 2nd PA. 3 calls per day between Monday to Sunday on rota.

Employer Disability and Health

Conditions:

• Mobility / Physical

Other relevant information:

• The individual keeps pets in the home. 1 cat.

• 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.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Develop a good and trusting one-to-one working relationship.

The individual's 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.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.

• 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 work as part of a team.
• 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 employer's needs on a daily basis.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Ideally NVQ2 trained for this role or proven experience with someone with similar needs.

• Moving and Handling. Training will be provided by the employer.
• Catheter Care. Training will be provided by the employer.

Hours per week: 10 hours per week, on a rota, always working as a double with a 2nd PA.

Dates and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.