Female Personal Assistant

Penderels Trust; Greater Lincolnshire; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local support services provider in Greater Lincolnshire is seeking a Personal Assistant to support a young lady in her daily activities. The role involves personal care, social support, and encouraging independence. Candidates should possess honesty, reliability, and a genuine interest in supporting individuals with disabilities. Flexible work days from Monday to Friday are available.

Qualifications

• Must be a car driver and car owner with business insurance.
• Be self-motivated and adaptable to the employer's needs.
• Previous caring experience is not essential but genuine interest is required.

Responsibilities

• Support personal care tasks such as toileting and dressing.
• Assist in accessing social and leisure activities.
• Promote independence and socialisation.

Skills

Honesty

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Punctuality

Confidentiality

Teamwork

Empathy

Good listening skills

Flexibility

Caring attitude

Job description

About the Employer

Young lady living at home requires a PA to support her to attend day services 1 to 1. Role includes personal care and supporting with all activities whilst at the day centre.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Vision
• Cognitive / Learning

Employer Hobbies and Interests

• Colouring, jigsaws, wordsearch
• Music
• Frozen and Hello Kitty

Other Relevant Information

• The individual has allergies, dressings allergies.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one-to-one working relationship.

The individual's needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and/or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Transport Requirement

Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.

Required Skills

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To work as part of a team.
• To be able to follow instructions accurately.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employer's needs on a daily basis.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
• Have a lively personality.

Specific days/times required

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday

Dates and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.