Female Personal Care Assistant

Penderels Trust; Basildon; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local social care provider is seeking a personal assistant to support an individual with anxiety and fibromyalgia. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, cooking, and encouraging social and leisure activities. Candidate must be reliable, empathetic, and potentially a car driver. This role offers part-time hours, and candidates with an interest in supporting individuals facing challenges are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Must be honest, reliable, trustworthy, and punctual.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and respect privacy.
• Must have a genuine interest in supporting people with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care tasks such as dressing and toileting.
• Assist in cooking and meal preparation.
• Help with household chores and homemaking.
• Support attendance at appointments as necessary.
• Promote socialisation and participation in activities.

Skills

Reliable

Honest

Empathetic

Good listening skills

Caring

Job description

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About the Employer

(Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, PART 1 Applies)

Personal assistant required to support a lady who has anxiety, panic attacks and fibromyalgia, to promote independence and build confidence.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions:

• Mobility / Physical
• Mental Health

The employer's hobbies and interests:

• Animals

Other relevant information:

• The individual is a smoker.
• The individual has allergies. Hayfever.

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 and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• 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 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.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.

The individuals 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 self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.

When you are Required:

Hours per week: 8

• Monday, 2pm to 4pm
• Wednesday, 2pm to 4pm
• Friday, 2pm to 4pm
• Saturday, 2pm to 4pm