Personal Assistant

Penderels Trust; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A family-oriented care service in Cheltenham seeks a compassionate caregiver to support a lady with a brain injury, ensuring her personal care and socialization. The role requires honesty, reliability, and previous caring experience. Flexible hours can be job shared; candidates must be at least 18 years old and able to drive. In return, benefits include a Blue Light Card, holiday pay, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Blue Light Card

Pension

Holiday pay

Flexible working

Qualifications

• 18 years or older due to medication administration responsibilities.
• Previous caring experience is essential.
• Must be capable of driving and owning a car with business insurance.

Responsibilities

• Support personal care tasks like toileting and bathing.
• Assist with meal preparation and eating.
• Prompt medication intake.
• Help with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support attendance to appointments.
• Encourage socialization and participation in activities.

Skills

Honesty

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Punctuality

Good listening skills

Empathy

Flexibility

Patient support

Self-motivation

Caring attitude

Education

First Aid qualification

Job description

About the Employer

You will be working in a family home. We are a friendly relaxed couple who want someone who can be relied upon and treated as part of the family. We are a tired couple, she with a brain injury, he as her main carer. You will be employed to assist the lady, as, although she is mobile, she can get confused, so you must be with her, to ensure she manages her meals, medication including insulin and all round care as hours are flexible and can be job shared. We will be flexible as we believe that work must fit with the carer as well as the person being cared for.

This job is based in Cheltenham.

The hours are flexible and can be job shared. We will be flexible as we believe that work must fit with the carer as well as the person being cared for.

Benefits include:

• Blue Light Card
• Pension
• Holiday pay
• Flexible working

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Acquired Brain Injury

Other relevant information

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and / or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering / bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Support and / or prompt with cooking / meal preparation and eating meals / drinks.
• Support and / or prompt the individual to take medication.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and / or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, hospital / doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support to get to and from school / work / college / social activities.
• Support and / or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.

Only candidates aged 18 or over should apply for this position

as you will be required to administer medication.

The individual's needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Transport Requirement

Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.

Required Skills

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To be able to follow instructions accurately.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is essential.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Be self‑motivated with a willingness to get involved.

Be flexible with length of shift, able to work a long shift or a short one depending on need.

Required Training

Successful candidates are required to undertake any training that is considered necessary and appropriate to the role.

First Aid. PA must already hold relevant qualification.