Personal Assistant - 17.5 hours per week - Job Share (SDS/JGH/293555)

Self Direct Support Options Fife; Newburgh, Cupar; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A personal care service provider is seeking a compassionate personal assistant in Cupar to support an elderly male client with Dementia. The role includes assistance with personal care, medication, and light meal preparation. Candidates must demonstrate patience and kindness. This position offers part-time hours with the potential for more as the role is reassessed.

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care roles is essential.
• Understanding of medication administration and catheter care is required.
• Ability to provide emotional support and companionship.

Responsibilities

• Assist the client with personal care activities.
• Provide medication and catheter care.
• Prepare light meals and ensure hydration.

Skills

Patience

Caring

Supportive

Job description

Overview

Your hours of work will be 2 1/4 hours per day
45min in the morning, 30 minutes lunch and 30mins tea then tuc 30 min
Happy to discuss arrangement at interview.

2x PAs to split role and hours – happy to discuss in more detail

We are looking for a personal assistant to help an 88-year-old male with personal care, medication, and light meal prep. The individual has Dementia and is an active character that enjoys other people’s company. The support is to help with personal care in the morning, then catheter checks, medication, meals, and fluids assistance, then ready for bed.

Our client is looking for someone who is patient, caring and supportive. This post is looking for someone to encourage and support our client to shower, shave, brush teeth and help to dress each day, empty his catheter, give him his medication and eye drops. Making the client breakfast would also be part of the role. We are currently getting this role reassessed so additional hours may follow.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assistance with personal care
• Catheter care
• Giving medication
• Light meal preparation
• Supervise on activities due to no risk awareness.
• Patience & kindness

Requirements

• This role requires an enhanced check through PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups).

To apply for this post please submit a copy of your CV quoting the job reference number above by email [e-mail] or by post to SDS Options (Fife), DPHS Fife, Caledonia House, Pentland Park, Saltire Centre, Glenrothes, Fife, KY6 2AQ

SDS Options Fife is advertising this vacancy on behalf of our client and are not the employer and cannot endorse any applicant and/or employer.