Live-In Personal Assistant / Complex Care Support Worker

A Star Care Agency; Leeds; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay £850 gross

Food allowance £50 weekly

Live-in accommodation

Travel expenses

Job summary

A Star Care Agency is seeking a reliable Live-In Personal Assistant / Complex Care Support Worker to help a university student with a complex disability live independently in central Leeds.

The role is rota-based with daytime support and sleep-in cover, offering a seven-day live-in placement with accommodation and food allowance. Travel and stays away may be required, with appropriate breaks and entitlements provided.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering personal care and moving-and-handling support.
• Full, clean UK driving licence and ability to drive a large automatic vehicle.
• Willing to live in, travel or stay away as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide dignified personal care, including bathing, dressing and continence needs.
• Support safe transfers and mobility using hoists per care plan.
• Prepare meals, light domestic tasks and daily routines.
• Enable access to university, social, sporting and community activities while promoting independence.
• Drive a large automatic wheelchair-accessible vehicle safely.
• Accompany travel and overnight stays in the UK; overseas travel may be offered by prior agreement.

Skills

Personal care experience

Driving licence (UK)

Live-in availability

DBS check readiness

Job description

A Star Care is recruiting a reliable and respectful Live-In Personal Assistant / Complex Care Support Worker to support a university student with a complex physical disability to live independently in central Leeds.

This is a rota-based live-in assignment. The successful worker will provide planned daytime support and agreed sleep-in cover while receiving appropriate breaks and rest periods.

Key responsibilities

• Provide dignified personal care, including support with bathing, dressing and continence needs.
• Support safe transfers and mobility using fixed and mobile hoisting equipment in line with the care plan and training.
• Prepare meals, complete light domestic tasks and assist with everyday routines.
• Enable access to university, social, sporting and community activities while promoting choice and independence.
• Drive a large automatic wheelchair-accessible vehicle safely.
• Accompany occasional travel and overnight stays in North Yorkshire and elsewhere in the UK; overseas travel may be offered by prior agreement.

Essential requirements

• Previous professional experience providing personal care and moving-and-handling support.
• Full, clean UK driving licence and confidence driving a large automatic vehicle.
• Able to work a live-in rota and travel or stay away when agreed.
• Respectful of privacy, dignity, personal boundaries and independent decision-making.
• Right to work in the UK, satisfactory employment references and an Enhanced DBS check, or willingness to complete one.

Desirable experience

• Supporting adults with complex physical disabilities or reduced mobility.
• Live-in care, hoisting, wheelchair support or supporting a young adult in education.

Pay and benefits

• £850 gross per seven-day live-in placement week.
• £50 weekly food allowance and live-in accommodation.
• Approved work-related travel expenses.
• Statutory employment entitlements apply.

Start date: 20 September 2026.

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