Personal Assistant / Direct Payments worker

East Riding of Yorkshire Council; Kirkella; Remote; CAD 34,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is recruiting a Personal Assistant / Direct Payments worker to support a lady in her 40s at home. The role is full time, focusing on meals, light housekeeping, and daily living tasks; travel to physio sessions and occasional medical appointments may be required, with a driver who has access to a vehicle.

Applicants should have good communication, reliability, and discretion. A DBS check and references are required.

Qualifications

• Good communication and patience are essential.
• Care and hygiene when handling food.
• DBS clearance and references required.

Responsibilities

• Preparing meals for the lady (evening meals and lunches).
• Keeping the house clean and tidy.
• Assisting with the lady's physio exercises and attending physio sessions.
• Support with daily activities and personal care when needed.
• Occasional errands and transporting to local appointments.

Skills

Caregiving

Communication

Reliability

Patient

Job description

Personal Assistant / Direct Payments worker

Summary

This is an external vacancy and is not employment with East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Personal Assistant required (Female) to assist alady in her 40swith management of her household, food preparation and physio exercises in her own home. She is a remote worker and works full time. She would also like support to attend her physio sessions and occasional medical appointments so a driver with access to a vehicle would be required. Although currently reliant on a wheelchair, she can stand and transfer into a regular car, and owns a lightweight, foldable travel wheelchair.

The role includes:

• Preparing evening meals and lunches (the lunches can be prepared the evening before where necessary).
• Keeping the house clean and tidy (to include hoovering, washing up, mopping floors, dusting and emptying bins).
• Being in the household while the lady takes a shower (she can shower independently, she just feels safer if there is someone available to help if needed).
• Supervision of physio homework.
• Making the bed and changing the bedding.
• Hanging washing on clothes line or drying on radiators in bad weather, putting clean clothes away when dry.
• Putting away weekly food shopping delivery (driver carries bags into property so no heavy lifting required).
• Occasional errands locally to places such as pharmacy or shop
• Taking the lady to some physio sessions and rarely medical appointments (both local/occasional).

Good communication skills and someone patient and caring would be a real advantage. The lady experiences speech difficulties and whilst understandable, she finds it a challenge to form her words, particularly when tired. She is happy to write task lists so that it is clear what needs doing each day but also understands that once the person knows the household and her that they can use their own judgement and common sense to navigate each session.

Care and attention to hygiene, especially when preparing and handling food, is essential. Somebody reliable and dependable would be very much appreciated.

There is flexibility within this role and the lady is very happy to work together to find common ground in terms of session times etc.

DBS/Reference checks will be required for this post – Cost to be met by the local authority.

The Direct Payments Support Service is an in-house service provided by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The service promotes independent choice and inclusion, allowing our service users to employ their own care and support as needed. We support many individuals with varying abilities, assisting with advertising and recruitment for a range of roles including support workers, carers and personal assistants.

Genuine occupancy reason

A genuine occupational requirement for a female worker exists for this post under the Equality Act 2010 due to privacy and decency.

Travel

Some travel across East Riding of Yorkshire may be required, applicants must be able to transport themselves.

DBS/Medical check

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check.

Personal Assistant / Direct Payments worker