Female Personal Care Assistant DP4482

Independent Lives; Henfield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A personal care service provider in the UK seeks a Female Personal Care Assistant to support a young lady with severe disabilities. The role involves managing daily activities, providing personal care, and promoting social interaction. Ideal candidates should be reliable, have common sense, and be willing to undergo training. This position can be offered on an employed or self-employed basis.

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care or similar roles.
• Nursing qualifications desirable but not essential.
• Ability to speak and read English to a reasonable standard.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support with daily activities.
• Manage tracheostomy and epilepsy.
• Assist with medication prompting and personal grooming.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Reliability

Common sense

Ability to follow instructions

Job description

Female Personal Care Assistant required for a 35-year-old young lady with severe learning disability, tracheostomy, laryngectomy, corrected spinal scoliosis, and epilepsy. The successful candidate will provide one-to-one support with daily activities, manage tracheostomy and epilepsy, and promote learning, recreation, and socialization.

The ideal candidate should be a woman with a driving license, plenty of common sense, responsibility, and 100% reliability. Nursing qualifications are desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided. The candidate should be respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality, reliable with good timekeeping, able to follow instructions and work on own initiative, hygienic, tidy, and well-organized.

Responsibilities will include:

• Medication prompting/administering
• Personal grooming
• Eating and drinking assistance
• Moving and handling
• Clinical tasks
• Administration
• Transportation
• Companionship
• Dressing/undressing
• Bathroom assistance
• General household duties
• Laundry, washing, and drying
• Changing bed linen/bed making
• General housework, including cleaning, dusting, and vacuuming
• Preparing drinks, snacks, and meals
• Light gardening duties
• Assistance with applying cream
• Catheter care
• Assistance with getting in and out of bed
• Helping with other aspects of personal care
• Physiotherapy exercises
• Accompanying the client to appointments and social events

Candidate qualities:

• Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
• Reliable with good timekeeping
• Able to follow instructions and work on own initiative
• Hygienic, tidy, and well-organized
• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
• Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Honest and cheerful
• Creative
• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9