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Independent Lives; Uckfield; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Independent Lives is seeking an experienced carer in Uckfield or nearby for 6:30pm–8:00pm Thursday and Friday evenings to provide personal care for an elderly man with mild dementia. The role involves transfers, toileting care, and companionship in the client’s home.

Applicants should be reliable, punctual, and comfortable with pets; English language skills are required, and a DBS check may be requested. This is a long-term evening post with potential additional ad-hoc hours.

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care and moving/handling with hoists.
• Ability to follow instructions and work on own initiative.
• Comfortable with pets and adheres to health and safety standards.
• English language skills sufficient for communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide evening personal care (6:30pm–8:00pm) including hygiene, dressing, and toileting support.
• Assist transfers using Stand Aid and hoist as required.
• Engage in conversation or sit with the client as appropriate.
• Maintain privacy, confidentiality and high standards of health and safety.

Skills

Personal care

Moving and handling

Toileting care

English (read/write)

Reliability

Timekeeping

Job description

I'm looking for an Uckfield (or near) based carer, experienced in personal care, calm and capable, to come from 6.30pm -8pm on Thursday & Friday evenings.

Client is elderly man with mild dementia, he's happy and co-operative with a good sense of humour. He is unable to walk and spends most of his time in his chair.

He is in his 80's and most of his PA's have been with us for around 18months/2yrs -he gets on well with them all. He is well-used to the routine and accepts the care without embarrassment.

Duties are just to clean his teeth, undress, put on dressing gown, use Stand Aid to transfer onto commode, clean him, possibly change his pull-on disposables, then transfer back into chair. Conversation if he wants or just to watch TV and sit with him. Wife will be in house if any extra help needed. Gentleman is easy to get along with and loves a chat.

Someone with personal skills and experience needed. This is a long-term evening post with occasional ad-hoc extra hours if you're available.

Duties include

• Moving and handling
• Other relevant duties as required
• Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
• Reliable with good timekeeping
• Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
• Hygienic, tidy and well organised
• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
• Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Honest and cheerful
• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
• Must be comfortable with pets
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
• Essential that anyone applying should have experience of toileting care and be adept enough to move a hoist around

Additional requirements

Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours, Vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission

Notes

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required. If the role is offered on a self-employed basis, you will be responsible for the cost of your own DBS check.