Direct Payment Worker/Personal Assistant

East Riding of Yorkshire Council; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 2,400 - 2,800; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced DBS check

Job summary

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is recruiting a Direct Payment Worker/Personal Assistant to support a visually impaired elderly lady at home. The role is female-only for privacy reasons and involves companionship, personal care, meal prep, and light household tasks.

The successful candidate will communicate clearly, be reliable, and able to transfer safely with assistance and supervision from the regular carer when needed. DBS check required.

Qualifications

• Female worker only due to privacy (Equality Act 2010).
• Ability to support personal care including using a commode.
• Ability to prepare lunch and assist with dressing.
• Clear verbal communication; client is visually impaired and hard of hearing.

Responsibilities

• Provide companionship for 1 day (8 hours) every fortnight.
• Assist with personal care and transfers to commode.
• Prepare lunch for the client.
• May assist with morning routine with agency carers.
• Be reliable and clearly communicate actions during support.

Skills

Clear communication

Reliable

Friendly demeanor

Good listener

Job description

Direct Payment Worker/Personal Assistant

Summary

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

Lady in her 80s severely frail with heart failure, and uses a wheelchair, is aware when she needs to use the commode. Lady can stand with assistance to transfer to a commode, but is unsteady on her feet. She is completely blind (no vision whatsoever). Lady loves reading (listening to talking books) and folk music.

Would require companionship for 1 day (8 hours) once a fortnight, and help with personal care (specifically using the commode), and preparing lunch.

The person must be reliable. They will need to clearly say what they are doing when supporting, as lady has no vision whatsoever. She will need help with standing to transfer to a commode, as she is very unsteady on her feet following a fall in February of this year. The person will need to be able to communicate in a clear voice, as she is a little hard of hearing, but has no hearing aids. They will need to make lunch for her as well, and may have to let in her usual daily carer from the agency who attend sometime in the morning to help her get washed and dressed.

Someone who is friendly, with a good sense of humour likes to talk about random things, and who is a good listener.

Due to the intimate nature of the personal care required, applications are restricted to females only. This is permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

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.

DBS/Medical check

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check.

Direct Payment Worker/Personal Assistant

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