Personal Assistant/Carer JW/Dorset/150725

Compass Independent Living; Wareham; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A supportive care service provider is looking for a part-time caregiver to assist a cheerful individual with disabilities in Wareham. The role involves personal care, meal preparation, and providing companionship. The ideal candidate should have good communication skills, reliability, and a driving license for a manual car. Shifts are afternoons into early evenings, with pay set at £12.50 per hour.

Qualifications

• Ability to create a strong relationship with the client and other team members.
• Respectful of confidentiality and privacy.
• Good work ethic regarding cleanliness and hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care tasks, including showering and administering medication.
• Cook healthy meals and support daily exercises.
• Drive wheelchair-accessible vehicle for outings.

Skills

Communication skills

Reliability

Flexibility

Driving license for a manual car

Job description

Overview

A Newly Available Part Time Role working alongside experienced team members to help provide support and care to a cheerful 55-year-old man, who lives in his own home. He has mild learning difficulties, Cerebral Palsy (from birth) and MS since 2012. MS has accelerated the deterioration of the various symptoms he had with the CP. For example, from being quite active - 13 years ago he had just returned from yet another skiing holiday - he is now predominantly chair bound. He is still very social, has a great sense of humour and can be a lot of fun, but is inevitably frustrated by his current condition and keeping him cheerful is an important part of the job. You will become part of a dedicated and professional team who together provide 24/7 care. All training will be given to the successful applicant.

Main Duties

• All personal care tasks, such as showering, toileting and Catheter care and soon to include Stoma care following an operation within the next three months.
• Household chores and duties.
• Cooking and preparing healthy meals (which you can share with him).
• Administering medication.
• Supporting him with daily exercises
• Supporting him at medical appointments
• Managing his moods when his current condition gets him down.
• Support him in a range of activities including Art and Crafts, Photography, iPad games, trips out and occasionally introducing him to other activities.
• Taking him out in his Wheelchair around the town and driving his Wheelchair-accessible vehicle to activities, appointments and visits to friends and family.

Personal Qualities and Attributes

• Ability to create a strong relationship with him and with other team members
• Respectful of confidentiality and privacy
• Responsible, reliable, and trustworthy
• Respectful of dignity and independence
• Good communication skills and social skills and calm under pressure
• Punctual, and flexible
• Work ethic of cleanliness and hygiene
• Driving license for a manual car

Shifts, Hours and Pay

The newly available shifts are afternoon into early evening seven days a week, each of four and a half hours. We anticipate these shifts being split, so we are looking for someone to take on four or five shifts each week including at least one of the weekend slots. There will be opportunities for other hours covering holidays and absences of other team members, and the possibility of the role extending if that is of interest.

Hours: 3.30pm – 8pm – four or five of seven available shifts a week.

Pay: £12.50 per hour

Job Type: Part time, doubled up alongside a full time experienced team member.

Requirements and Notes

You must be able to prove your right to work in the UK. No sponsorship is available.

Please note, Compass Disability Services (Compass Independent Living Team) is a support, advisory and payroll service. We support people with a disability or long-term health condition to live independently and retain control of their lives within the community. We are not the person that you will work for. You will work for the individual or family that we are supporting.