Female Personal Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A social care organization is seeking a female personal assistant in Pontefract. This role involves supporting an individual with daily living activities, including personal care, meal preparation, and social engagements. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in caring and childcare, possess a reliable vehicle, and demonstrate qualities such as empathy and patience. Training will be provided as needed for this part-time position, totaling 14 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Previous caring experience is essential.
• Previous experience in childcare/special needs is essential.
• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care, including toileting and showering.
• Assist with cooking and meal preparation.
• Prompt the individual to take medication.
• Help with household chores and homemaking.
• Support attendance to appointments.
• Assist with food shopping.
• Provide transportation to school/work/college.
• Encourage socialisation and activities.

Skills

Honesty

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Punctuality

Confidentiality

Initiative

Following instructions

Patience

Caring

Emotional support

Empathy

Previous caring experience

Childcare experience

Job description

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

To apply, follow the link provided and fill out an application form or forward your CV to [e-mail] (Please include the job reference number: WAK16517EN5 to your email if submitting via email).

About the Employer

Female personal assistant wanted to assist a lady with looking after her children, general daily living activities and accessing the community. Car driver and car owner required.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Mobility / Physical
• Arthritis, fibromyalgia, diabetic neuropathy, erythromelalgia, diabetes type 2, snapping hip syndrome, hip bursitis, migratory superficial thrombophlebitis.

The employer's hobbies and interests

• Art
• Baking

Other relevant information

• The individual is a smoker.
• Someone in the household is a smoker.
• The individual has allergies: Oranges.
• The individual keeps pets in the home: 1 small dog.

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.
• 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 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 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.
• Previous experience in childcare/special needs is essential.

Required Training

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

• First Aid. Training will be provided by the employer.

When you are Required

Hours per week: 14

• Wednesday, 8am-4pm
• Sunday, 10am-4pm