Care Assistant REF0564

Personal Carer; Northern Ireland; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A care service provider is seeking a Care Assistant in Northern Ireland to provide support to a service user with specific needs. This role offers flexible hours of 2 to 4 per week, with tasks including light housekeeping and assisting with various household duties. Candidates must be able to drive to a rural location. Pay is between £15 and £20 per hour, depending on support provided.

Qualifications

• Must be able to drive to a rural location.
• Experience in care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide light housekeeping and simple support.
• Assist with tasks the service user can no longer perform.

Job description

We are recruiting on behalf of our service user who needs a Care Assistant. The role offers flexible and initially limited hours, around 2 to 4 per week, with the possibility of increasing as support needs grow.The hourly rate is between £15 and £20, depending on the level of support provided, with travel time to the home potentially being covered. This role may particularly suit someone who already works in care but has some additional time available each week.To apply or learn more, please contact us by email with the subject REF0564. All other details will be discussed by the employer once an application is received.

Responsibilities

• The position involves providing simple support such as light housekeeping, odd jobs, occasional driving and other small tasks that the service user, who has a muscle wasting condition and uses a wheelchair, is no longer able to do.
• Tasks may include things like changing a light bulb, planting bulbs, putting clothes away on a high shelf or general household support.

Skills and Qualifications

• The successful applicant must be able to drive, as the home is in a rural location, and may at times be asked to drive a wheelchair accessible vehicle.