Male Personal Care Assistant - BFNCL

Disability North; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Disability North is seeking a Male Personal Care Assistant to support a neurodivergent, non-verbal young man. Shifts include daytime and night-time, at home and in the community, with 1:1 in the home and 2:1 during outings.

You will perform personal care, meal prep, feeding assistance, and medication administration, while promoting daily living skills and safety throughout daily activities and outings.

Qualifications

• Provide support with personal care, meal preparation and feeding assistance.
• Administer prescribed medications and monitor safety during daily tasks.
• Engage the client in activities to support development and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Assist with all personal care and daily living tasks, ensuring safety at all times.
• Support him during community activities (walks, bowling, museum visits, shopping, swimming, dining out).
• Drive the client to activities in his own car; a full clean driving licence is essential.

Skills

Personal care

Medication administration

Driving licence

Daily living tasks

Engagement activities

Team work

Job description

Male Personal Care Assistant required to be part of a team of eight PA’s providing support for a delightful young man who is neurodivergent and is non-verbal.

Shifts will be a mixture of daytime and night time and will involve providing support both at home and going out into the community to access leisure activities. Night shifts and day shifts in his home will be mostly on a 1:1 staffing basis. When accessing the community, you will be working on a 2:1 basis alongside another PA. Night shifts will be mostly waking nights.

Main duties will be providing support with all personal care, meal preparation, assistance with feeding, administering medication, all daily living tasks and ensuring his safety at all times, as well as engaging with him in activities to assist with his development and his wellbeing.

Community activities to be supported will include walks, bowling, museum visits, shopping, swimming and eating out. For community access the client has his own car which you will be required to drive, therefore a full and clean driving licence is essential.

For more information, please see the Job Description

There is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be male in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraphs 1 – 4.

This vacancy will close as soon as a suitable candidate is appointed.

At the time of starting their employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the U.K.