Female Personal Care Assistant

Penderels Trust; Great Waltham; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Penderels Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a compassionate care worker to support an 18+ autistic individual living independently with 24/6 hour support. You will provide personal care, household tasks, meal preparation, and help with daily living activities.

Your role includes encouraging communication, advocating for the person, and assisting with transport, including driving when needed and using public transport to promote independence.

Qualifications

• 18+ age required.
• Experience with autistic individuals and challenging behaviours desirable.
• Willingness to drive and assist with transport.
• Non-smoker preferred.
• Ability to report safety issues and accidents promptly.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care (toileting, bathing, dressing) as needed.
• Cook/prepare meals and assist with eating and drinking.
• Administer medication as directed.
• Assist with household chores and general housekeeping.
• Support attendance at appointments (hospital/doctor) and accompany to activities.
• Assist with shopping and food procurement.
• Support to travel to work/school/college/social activities.
• Encourage socialisation and participation in activities to promote independence.
• Develop a trusting one-to-one working relationship with the individual.

Skills

Medication administration

Driving

Advocacy

Communication

Independence support

Job description

• 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 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 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.

Due to the following requirements of the role, only candidates aged 18 or over should apply for this position:

• You will be required to administer medication.
• Shifts may start before and or after 10pm

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.

I am a young autistic lady with some very challenging behaviours. I have a team of PA's that allow me to live independently with 24/6 hour support. Within that, I need my staff to run my house, including washing, cleaning, dusting, etc. I like to go out every day, either for exercise or shopping and I will need help communicating with people, and situations where I am not happy. I will need you to be my advocate and talk on my behalf as I may not be able to understand or be comfortable talking to people. I will need my assistant to be able to drive but also be willing to encourage me to use public transport as much as possible. My assistant will need to be of a happy, confident and caring nature. I would prefer my carer to be a non-smoker.