Female Personal Care Assistant Ref: BK/LD/4-25

GCIL North Lanarkshire; Peacehaven; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local care provider in Peacehaven seeks a Female Personal Care Assistant to support a 63-year-old lady with daily living tasks. Responsibilities include personal care, meal preparation, and maintaining a tidy home. The ideal candidate should possess a friendly nature and relevant care experience, along with a full UK driving licence. This is a permanent, part-time role, offering flexible hours at a starting rate of £13.50 per hour, increasing to £14.50 after 6 months.

Qualifications

• Full UK Manual Driving Licence is essential for driving the mobility vehicle.
• Relevant care experience is essential; training can be provided.

Responsibilities

• Attend to personal care needs.
• Support with dressing and applying skin cream.
• Help to prepare meals and healthy snacks.
• Assist with general housework and maintaining a clean environment.
• Use a ceiling hoist for moving and assisting.
• Encourage and help with exercise for weight loss.

Skills

Friendly nature

Good interpersonal skills

Hardworking

Honesty

Good sense of humour

Job description

Female Personal Care Assistant required to assist Mary who is a 63-year young lady living in the Gartcosh area of North Lanarkshire.

I’m looking for someone with a friendly nature and good interpersonal skills, hardworking, honest and a good sense of humour so therefore the person would have to have a desire to work within a Caring role.

My hobbies and interests are: Archery, Photography (I’m looking into doing a College Course next year) Gardening, I grow my own fruit and vegetables. I love playing Computer games like Majong and the 5 different types of Solitaire which keeps my mind active and if I have time I enjoy reading.

Responsibilities

• Attending to some personal care needs
• Support with dressing
• Checking skin and applying cream as necessary
• Help to preparing meals (Lunch and evening meals) and healthy snacks.
• Hoisting – using my ceiling hoist
• Moving and assisting – pushing manual wheelchair
• General Housework, keeping house tidy, loading dishwasher, brushing floors, ironing, changing bedding every week
• Help me to keep up to date with simple exercise for losing Weight and Archery
• Any other daily living tasks to promote independent living.

Qualifications

• Driver with Full UK Manual Driving Licence is essential and you will be required to drive my manual mobility vehicle.
• Relevant care experience is essential, and training can be given.

Hours and Pay

Guaranteed permanent position of 16.5 hours per week.

Days and times:
Alternative days job shared with current Personal Assistant, for example:
Week 1: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Hours can be flexible and will be discussed at interview.

Hourly rate:
£13.50 per hour, will increase to £14.50 after 6 months.

Contact

GCIL North Lanarkshire
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