LILS/EM/AG - Personal Assistants Required - Penwortham Area

Lancashire Independent Living Service; New Gate; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A caring support service in the UK is seeking personal assistants to support a young man. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, enabling social activities, and providing domestic support. Ideal candidates should have excellent communication skills and previous caring experience. The position offers a generous hourly rate of £13.00 and up to 45.5 hours of work with benefits including paid annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

5.6 weeks paid annual leave

Workplace pension scheme

Qualifications

• Must have excellent communication skills.
• Be trustworthy and reliable.
• A driver with a full clean licence is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Providing support to enable him to access the community for social/leisure activities.
• Providing personal care including washing, dressing, and toileting.
• Assisting with medication management.
• Providing domestic support.
• Assisting with meal preparation.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Trustworthy

Reliable

Driving skills (full clean licence)

Job description

A rewarding opportunity available for a few personal assistants to work together to make a difference in a young man's life. Are you a caring, patient and motivated individual with a passion for supporting others and a sense of fun? If so, we would like to hear from you. We are looking for someone to support a young man whose needs are very new. Somebody with previous experience in a caring role would be advantageous. The applicant ideally will share similar interests such as music including playing instruments, going out shopping, taking part in various activities, and going out for lunch or to coffee shops.

Responsibilities

• Providing support to enable him to access the community for social/leisure activities.
• Providing personal care - including washing, dressing and assistance with toileting.
• Our client is a wheelchair user so will need support into/out of his chair and assistance in the community with getting about.
• Providing support with medication.
• Providing domestic support.
• Assisting with meal preparation.
• On occasion may need assistance attending an appointment.

Requirements

Must have excellent communication skills, be trustworthy and reliable.

A driver with a full clean licence is desirable, including proof of business cover. Must be willing to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Compensation & Benefits

This is a job share position with up to 45.5 hours available offering a generous hourly rate of £13.00 plus 5.6 weeks paid annual leave and a workplace pension scheme.