Personal Assistant / Direct Payments worker

East Riding of Yorkshire Council; England; Remote; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

East Riding of Yorkshire Council advertises a Personal Assistant / Direct Payments worker to support a lady in her home. The role is full-time and remote-friendly, requiring driving with vehicle access for physio sessions and medical appointments.

A genuine occupational requirement for a female worker is noted. The post involves meal preparation, housekeeping, safety support during bathing, supervision of physiotherapy homework, and occasional local errands.

Qualifications

• Female candidate only due to occupational requirement.

Responsibilities

• Prepare evening meals and lunches; meals can be prepared the evening before when needed.
• Keep the house clean and tidy, including hoovering, dishes, mopping floors and dusting.
• Be present in the home while the lady showers to provide safety support if required.
• Supervise physio homework and assist with transfers and daily routines.
• Support with laundry, bed-making and clothing care.
• Assist with weekly food shopping deliveries and occasional local errands.
• Drive to physio sessions and occasional medical appointments as needed.

Job description

Personal Assistant / Direct Payments worker

Summary

This is an external vacancy and is not employment with East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Personal Assistant required (Female) to assist alady in her 40swith management of her household, food preparation and physio exercises in her own home. She is a remote worker and works full time. She would also like support to attend her physio sessions and occasional medical appointments so a driver with access to a vehicle would be required. Although currently reliant on a wheelchair, she can stand and transfer into a regular car, and owns a lightweight, foldable travel wheelchair.

The role includes:

• Preparing evening meals and lunches (the lunches can be prepared the evening before where necessary).
• Keeping the house clean and tidy (to include hoovering, washing up, mopping floors, dusting and emptying bins).
• Being in the household while the lady takes a shower (she can shower independently, she just feels safer if there is someone available to help if needed).
• Supervision of physio homework.
• Making the bed and changing the bedding.
• Hanging washing on clothes line or drying on radiators in bad weather, putting clean clothes away when dry.
• Putting away weekly food shopping delivery (driver carries bags into property so no heavy lifting required).
• Occasional errands locally to places such as pharmacy or shop
• Taking the lady to some physio sessions and rarely medical appointments (both local/occasional).

Good communication skills and someone patient and caring would be a real advantage. The lady experiences speech difficulties and whilst understandable, she finds it a challenge to form her words, particularly when tired. She is happy to write task lists so that it is clear what needs doing each day but also understands that once the person knows the household and her that they can use their own judgement and common sense to navigate each session.

Care and attention to hygiene, especially when preparing and handling food, is essential. Somebody reliable and dependable would be very much appreciated.

There is flexibility within this role and the lady is very happy to work together to find common ground in terms of session times etc.

DBS/Reference checks will be required for this post – Cost to be met by the local authority.

The Direct Payments Support Service is an in-house service provided by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The service promotes independent choice and inclusion, allowing our service users to employ their own care and support as needed. We support many individuals with varying abilities, assisting with advertising and recruitment for a range of roles including support workers, carers and personal assistants.

Genuine occupancy reason

A genuine occupational requirement for a female worker exists for this post under the Equality Act 2010 due to privacy and decency.

Travel

Some travel across East Riding of Yorkshire may be required, applicants must be able to transport themselves.

DBS/Medical check

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check.

Personal Assistant / Direct Payments worker