Compassionate Personal Assistant & Caregiver

Purple DPSS; Armthorpe; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Purple DPSS in Armthorpe is recruiting a Female Support Worker / Personal Assistant to help a woman in her 60s live independently at home. The role involves personal care, mobility support, transfers with hoist, meal prep and social activities.

You will work 30 hours per week, across 7 days, with some overnight shifts. DBS check and right to work are required. Rate of pay is £12.71 per hour. This is a part-time, on-site position and carries the Disability Confident employer scheme.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing intimate personal care and support for adults.
• Ability to assist with transfers and mobility aids.
• Comfort with assisting across daily living activities and light household duties.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care and continence support.
• Assisting with dressing and daily living activities.
• Supporting transfers using slide sheets, leg slings and hoist equipment.
• Assisting with showering and personal hygiene.
• Preparing meals, snacks and drinks.
• Supporting with medication and monitoring wellbeing when required.
• Changing bedding daily and undertaking laundry tasks.
• Light household duties and maintaining a clean environment.
• Supporting with shopping, appointments and social activities.
• Providing companionship and social interaction.
• Providing occasional overnight support during periods of ill health.
• Working as part of a double-handed team when required for transfers.

Skills

Personal care

Dressing assistance

Transfers with hoist

Showering & hygiene

Meal preparation

Medication support

Household tasks

Companionship

Social activities support

Job description

Purple DPSS in Armthorpe is recruiting a Female Support Worker / Personal Assistant to help a woman in her 60s live independently at home. The role involves personal care, mobility support, transfers with hoist, meal prep and social activities.

You will work 30 hours per week, across 7 days, with some overnight shifts. DBS check and right to work are required. Rate of pay is £12.71 per hour. This is a part-time, on-site position and carries the Disability Confident employer scheme.