Personal Care Assistant

Penderels Trust; Brentwood; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A social care organization in Brentwood seeks a Personal Assistant to support a lady with visual and hearing impairments. The role involves assisting with household activities, promoting social engagement, and ensuring the individual's safety. Applicants should be patient, reliable, and ideally have prior experience in caring roles. This part-time position requires flexibility in hours and a valid driver's license.

Qualifications

• Must have business insurance and be a car driver.
• Must be patient, supportive, and caring.
• Flexibility in hours is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support with food shopping.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Support the individual in social activities.
• Report accidents and hazards immediately.

Skills

Reliability

Confidentiality

Patience

Empathy

Good listening skills

Initiative

Caring attitude

Education

Experience in childcare/special needs

Job description

Overview

Interested in working in social care? Read on to find out how you can get involved.

To apply, follow the link provided and fill out an application form or forward your CV to [e-mail] (Please include the job reference number: ESX17170SL1 to your email if submitting via email)

About the Employer

PA required to support a lady who has a visual and hearing impairment. To access the community and support her in the parenting role.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions:

• Vision
• Hearing

The employer's hobbies and interests:

• Shopping
• Theatre
• Family

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• 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.

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 and / 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

Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.

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 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.
• Previous experience in childcare/special needs is essential.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• To support in the parenting role.

When you are Required

Hours per week: 18 would suit 2 PA's to work together to cover for Annual leave and sickness

• Monday, 8am to 9:30am then 2:45 to 4:15pm
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday