Female Personal Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A support organization is seeking a Personal Assistant in Chelmsford to assist a young girl with Cerebral Palsy. The role involves managing daily living tasks and encouraging participation in activities while ensuring safety. The ideal candidate should be empathetic, reliable, and flexible, with a good understanding of supporting individuals with disabilities. Training provided for specific needs.

Qualifications

• Ability to support a child with disabilities and engage in daily tasks.
• Flexibility and adaptability in work hours and responsibilities.
• Good communication and social skills for interaction.

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily living tasks and ensure safety.
• Support personal care, cooking, and social activities.
• Build a trusting relationship and engage in leisure activities.

Skills

Empathy

Patience

Reliability

Listening skills

Job description

Overview

Personal assistant required to support our young daughter with Cerebral Palsy who is non-verbal and has the developmental age of a two year old. This role involves assisting with daily living tasks and enabling participation in activities while ensuring safety.

Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with personal care, including toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, and 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 the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Move and handle safely; training provided by the employer.
• First Aid training provided by the employer.
• Epilepsy training provided by the employer.
• Successful candidates will undertake any training considered necessary and appropriate to the role.

Requirements / Qualities

• 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.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Ability to follow instructions accurately, be patient, supportive and caring.
• Good listening skills and ability to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic and have a genuine interest in supporting people with disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Flexible and able to adapt to the employer's needs on a daily basis; flexibility around varying hours.
• Self-motivated with a willingness to get involved and a lively personality.

Hours and schedule

• Monday to Friday, 16:00 – 18:00 during term time, with variable hours in school holidays (12 hours per week).
• Saturday, variable to suit applicant.
• Sunday, occasional hour offered.