Administrator/Personal Care Assistant CILR/Dorset/050925

Compass Independent Living; Weymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A family support service in Weymouth is seeking a dedicated Personal Assistant to provide administrative support to a team of Personal Assistants and assist with daily living activities for a child with disabilities. This full-time role involves managing rotas, conducting training and supervision, and ensuring the child leads an independent life. Candidates must be reliable, have good communication skills, and be capable of driving the family's Motability vehicle.

Qualifications

• Respectful of confidentiality and privacy.
• Responsible, reliable and trustworthy.
• Good communication skills and social skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage administration tasks related to Personal Assistants.
• Assist the employer’s child with daily living activities.
• Organise training and supervise staff.

Skills

Driving

Microsoft Office, including Excel

Job description

Overview

The aim of the role is to undertake the administration related to the team of Personal Assistants and have an active role in meeting the needs of the employer’s child, as per the written Care Plan. The Personal Assistants help the employer’s child, who has severe learning disability, epilepsy, autism, HNRNPU and associated complex needs, to live her life with as much independence as possible.

After a period of familiarisation with the duties, some aspects of the post may be carried out unsupervised. The job requires the following:

Responsibilities

• Administration
• Interview potential PAs
• Organise internal induction for PAs
• Organise external training for PAs
• Conduct regular 8 week supervision for PAs
• 3/6 month and annual appraisals for PAs
• Issue and maintain employment contracts
• Manage rotas
• Organise PAs holiday
• Keep annual leave records
• Order medication, PPE, medical supplies etc
• Produce shift monitoring paperwork
• Submit timesheets and liaise with Compass payroll
• Maintain the Motability car and associated tasks
• Be available to attend medical appointments and meetings any time Monday to Friday
• Be available to organise/cover shifts when staff become unavailable due to sickness
• Be available to deal with problems/emergencies as they arise
• Any other reasonable task

Care

• Assistance getting in and out of bed
• Assistance with toileting
• Assistance with showering / bathing
• Assistance with dressing and undressing
• Assistance with brushing hair and teeth
• Assistance with eating and drinking
• Preparing and cooking food
• Washing dishes and general cleaning of kitchen/bathroom
• Laundry and ironing
• General cleaning and tidying of house
• Assistance with shopping
• Assistance to look after my pet
• Help to go to cinema, theatre with or without friends
• Assistance when going out for a walk and bike ride
• Shopping for pleasure
• Assistance with other leisure activities e.g. reading, music

Personal Qualities and Attributes required

• Respectful of confidentiality and privacy
• Responsible, reliable and trustworthy
• Respectful of dignity and independence
• Good communication skills and social skills
• Punctual and flexible
• Ability to work on your own initiative
• Understanding, adaptable and organised
• Eye for detail
• Good listener
• Diplomatic

Essential skills

• Driver, who will have access to client’s own Motability vehicle
• Microsoft office, including Excel

Please note that this role may be subject to a DBS check; your employer may also ask for you to supply references.

The family also has a dog but is not always at the property.

You must be able to prove the right to work in the UK. No sponsorships are available.

Hours, Pay and Type

Hours: 39 hours per week (15 hours admin and 24 care)

Monday: 10am – 3pm = 5 hours admin; 3pm – 8:30pm = 5.5 hours care

Tuesday: 8:30am – 11:00am + sleep – 14.5 hours care

Wednesday: 6:00am – 10:00am – 4 hours care; 10:00 – 15:00 = 5 hours admin

Friday: 10:00 – 15:00 – 5 hours admin

Pay: £15.50 per hour x 15 hours admin; £14.50 per hour x 24 hours care; £120 per sleep (11pm – 6am)

Job Type: Full time

Please note: Compass Disability Services (Compass Independent Living Team) is a support, advisory and payroll service. We support people with a disability or long-term health condition to live independently and retain control of their lives within the community. We are not the person that you will work for. You will work for the individual or family that we are supporting.