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Location: Duns
A lady living at home in Duns, is looking for an experienced, friendly and patient support worker to join her small team that provides her with support daily. The client has support 4 times a day to help her with her morning and evening routines, cooking and medication prompts, but a lot of this support is also about offering emotional support and reassurance at each visit whilst encouraging her to remain as independent as possible.
There is the opportunity for more hours as time goes on and a relationship is built to cover annual leave hours etc.
- Hours per week: up to 16 hours a week which may be split across a couple of people
- Hours of work:
- AM – 1 hour Saturday and Sunday
- Lunch – 30 mins each day (this can be split with a current PA)
- Tea- 30 mins each day (this can be split with a current PA)
- Bed – 1 hour each day around 9pm
- £13.60 per hour.
- Paid annual leave entitlement of 5.6 weeks pro rata
- Probationary period of 3 months
- Post subject to references and PVG scheme membership
- To support client to ensure their safety and well-being
- To support with general care needs which include on every visit:
- Meal and drink preparation support
- Medication prompts
- To support with personal care needs if required on morning and evening visits which may involve support to access shower if required, support with dressing, support to change bed and offer reassurance that the client is safe.
- To support to maintain cleanliness and tidiness of the client’s equipment and surroundings
- To develop a positive relationship with the client and her family.
- To offer emotional support and reassurance when supporting client to be as independent as possible with daily tasks.
- To work flexibly as part of a team providing daily support to the client.
- Kind and caring, sensitive to the client’s needs
- Patient and cheerful
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Ability to use your own initiative
- Ability to work sensitively in a home setting respecting the client and family’s right to privacy and to always maintain professional standards of confidentiality
Experience is not essential for a candidate with the right personal attributes, but they should be able to show some suitability for the role.
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