Female Personal Assistant

Penderels Trust; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Penderels Trust is seeking a Female Personal Assistant to support a lady with cerebral palsy on mornings and lunchtimes, with weekends alternated with another worker. Car driver highly preferred.

You will assist with personal care, meals, medication, light housekeeping and transport to activities. DBS disclosure is required and costs will be covered.

Qualifications

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy.
• Be able to work on own initiative and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with personal care (toileting, showering, dressing).
• Support with cooking/meal preparation and eating.
• Support with medication administration.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support to attend appointments (hospital/doctors).
• Assist with food shopping and errands.

Skills

Reliability

Punctuality

Empathy

Car driver

Self-motivated

Job description

About The Employer

Female PA wanted to assist a lady with cerebral palsy on mornings and lunchtimes. Weekends alternated with another worker. Car driver highly preferred.

About The Employer

Female PA wanted to assist a lady with cerebral palsy on mornings and lunchtimes. Weekends alternated with another worker. Car driver highly preferred.

Disability and health conditions

• Mobility / Physical

Hobbies and interests

• Arts & Crafts
• Getting out and about

Other relevant information

• The individual keeps pets in the home. Cat

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 and getting dressed.
• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to take medication.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support the individual to look after/care for pets.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social 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 and to report defects 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, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure. Costs will be covered.

Transport requirement

Required Skills

Car driver preferred but not essential.

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• Be able to work on own initiative.
• Work as part of a team.
• 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.

About The Employer

Disability and health conditions

• Mobility / Physical
• Hobbies and interests
• Arts & Crafts
• Getting out and about
• Other relevant information
• The individual keeps pets in the home. Cat
• 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 and getting dressed.
• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to take medication.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support the individual to look after/care for pets.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social 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 and to report defects 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, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure. Costs will be covered.

Transport requirement

Required Skills

Car driver preferred but not essential.

Monday8am to 9.30am and 12-1pm

Tuesday8am to 9.30am and 12-1pm

Friday8am to 9.30am and 12-1pm