Female Personal Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A social care organization in Kirton CP is seeking a reliable caregiver to assist a sociable individual with daily activities including personal care, meal preparation, and medication management. Candidates must possess previous caring experience and be trustworthy. Flexible hours available, ranging from 10 to 15 hours per week, with specific time slots that can be discussed during the interview.

Qualifications

• Previous caring experience is essential.
• Must be honest, reliable, trustworthy, and punctual.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and respect privacy.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care including toileting and bathing.
• Assist with cooking and meal preparation.
• Help the individual take medication and manage paperwork.

Skills

Honesty

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Punctuality

Empathy

Good listening skills

Previous caring experience

Job description

Interested in working in social care? Read on to find out how you can get involved.

About the Employer

Lady in her fifties, very sociable, unable to weight bear and therefore requires hoisting from bed to chair and vice versa.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions:

• Mobility / Physical
• Spinal Chord
• Vision
• Mental Health
• Urinary Catheter in situ

The employer's hobbies and interests:

• Watching TV
• Playing Games
• Reading

Other relevant information:

• The individual is a smoker.
• The individual has allergies. Only smokes outside. Allergy to latex gloves, Penicillin and also suffers from Hay Fever.

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 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.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.

Only candidates over the legal age should apply for this position as you will be required to administer medication.

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 preferred but not essential.

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 essential.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers 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.

Required Training:

Successful candidates are required to undertake any training that is considered necessary and appropriate to the role.

• Moving and Handling. Training will be provided by the employer.
• Catheter Care. Training will be provided by the employer.

When you are Required:

Hours per week: 10 - 15 per week

• Monday, 08:15 - 09:15
• Thursday, 08:15 - 09:15 and 12:00 -12:30
• Friday, 08:15 - 09:15 and 12:00 - 12:30 and 15.40 - 16:10 and 19:15 - 19:45
• Saturday, 15:40 - 16:10 and 19:15 - 19:45
• Sunday, 08:40 - 09:40

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