Female Personal Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A local care provider in Coningsby is seeking a Personal Assistant to support a young lady with daily activities including personal care, social activities, and pet care. The ideal candidate will be honest, reliable, and empathetic with good listening skills. This part-time position offers flexible hours at a rate of £12.21 per hour. Interest in supporting individuals with disabilities is essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Must maintain confidentiality and respect privacy.
• Previous caring experience is not essential but a genuine interest is required.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care tasks like toileting and showering.
• Assist with cooking and meal preparation.
• Support to care for pets.
• Encourage socialisation and participation in activities.

Skills

Honest

Reliable

Trustworthy

Punctual

Empathetic

Listening skills

Job description

About the Employer

Young lady living at home requires a PA for social every day activities. Support with life skills and going out into the community.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions:

• Mental Health
• Invisible
• Autism

Other relevant information:

• The individual keeps pets in the home. 2 cats.

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.
• Support the individual to look after/care for pets.
• 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.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
• Have a lively personality.

When you are Required

Hours per week: 6 hours per week

Hourly Rate of pay: £12.21 (Hours can be Monday to Friday 10-4 we are flexible of any of those days)

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