Personal Assistant – Peebles – 3200

Encompass; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

Encompass is seeking aPersonal Assistant to support an elderly lady at home in Peebles. The role involves short visits on Tuesdays and Fridays, with teatime and bedtime routines, mobility help, meal preparation, and ensuring the home is secure on exit.

Ideal candidates are kind, reliable, and respectful of privacy, with a caring approach to home care. PVG clearance is requested; the role is paid at £18.00 per hour with pro-rata annual leave.

Qualifications

• Kind and caring approach to personal assistance.
• Reliable, honest and trustworthy.
• Respect for confidentiality and privacy.

Responsibilities

• Assist with teatime routine: help prepare an evening meal and drinks.
• Support getting up, mobility, to toilet as needed.
• Provide evening meal and beverages, prompt medication if required.
• Ensure the person has items needed before leaving and secure the home.

Skills

Compassionate care

Reliability

Confidentiality

Job description

I am an elderly lady living at home in Peebles, looking for someone to join my small team of Personal Assistants who support me at home with my personal care, allowing me to live as independently as possible.

Main tasks and responsibilities

Teatime – 1 hour around 5/6pm

• Please come in to support with preparing me my evening meal.
• Please support me with getting up from my chair and mobilising through to the toilet, should this be required.
• Please then prepare me my evening meal along with a hot/cold drink of choice.
• Please also prompt me to take my teatime medication, if required.
• Finally, please ensure I have everything I need to hand before securing the house on exit.

Bedtime – 1 hour around 8:30/9pm

• Please come in to support me with getting ready for bed.
• Please help me through to the toilet, allowing me the time, if required.
• Please support me to have a wash and get into my nightwear.
• I will then need supervision to mobilise through to my bedroom for the night.
• Please ensure I have a drink to hand and my mobile phone on my bedside table.
• Finally, please secure the house on exit.

Personal attributes

• Kind with a genuine caring nature.
• Someone who is reliable, honest and trustworthy.
• Someone who values and understand the importance of confidentiality.

Hours of work

• Visits are only currently needed on Tuesdays and Fridays but relief work available too.
• Times and durations as above with some flexibility on times.

The terms

• £18.00 per hour.
• 5.6 weeks annual leave, calculated on a pro-rata basis.
• PVG required.