Personal Assistant

Penderels Trust; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A personal assistance service provider in West Yorkshire seeks a female personal assistant to support a woman with cerebral palsy. The role involves helping with personal care, household tasks, and encouraging an active lifestyle. A clean driving license is essential, and flexibility in working hours is required. Candidates should be empathetic, trustworthy, and able to follow instructions accurately. This is an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life while being part of a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Must have a full, clean driving license.
• No previous caring experience required but genuine interest in supporting individuals with disabilities is essential.
• Must be 25 or over to drive for insurance purposes.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care including toileting and bathing.
• Assist with cooking and household chores.
• Support with transportation to appointments.
• Encourage socialisation and participation in activities.
• Develop a trusting one-on-one relationship.

Skills

Honesty

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Punctuality

Confidentiality

Empathy

Good listening skills

Flexibility

Job description

About the Employer

Female personal assistant wanted to assist a woman with cerebral palsy. She is a full-time power chair user for her independence who is looking for a new PA to join our small, friendly and active team to enable this to continue. She enjoys an active lifestyle, this includes trips to the gym, swimming, horse riding, and volunteering. Although she copes well with a daily scheduled routine, she can become extremely anxious at times so someone with a good understanding of this would be beneficial. A full, clean driving license is essential for this role. The role will involve sleep‑ins on a flexible basis. Must be animal friendly due to work with horses.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Mobility / Physical

Cerebral Palsy

The employer's hobbies and interests

• Swimming
• Volunteering
• Horse riding

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.
• 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.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.

Only candidates aged 18 or over should apply for this position

As shifts may start before and or after 10pm

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 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

Full driving licence is essential as the role requires you to drive the employer’s vehicle, for insurance purpose you must be 25.

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 work as part of a team.
• 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 not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability / illness to achieve their goals.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employer’s needs on a daily basis.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
• Have a lively personality.

Required Training

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

Moving and Handling. Training will be provided by the employer.