Personal Care Assistant

People Plus Independent Living Services; Crewe; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A personal care agency in Crewe is looking for a Female Personal Care Assistant to support a lady with daily tasks. The role involves assisting with personal care, medication supervision, and encouraging activities like baking and walking. Candidates should be reliable, trustworthy, and have a caring disposition. Experience with epilepsy and seizures is preferred. The position is for 14 hours per week at £12.70 per hour, and the days will be discussed in the interview.

Qualifications

• Must be honest, trustworthy, and reliable.
• Experience preferred, particularly with epilepsy and seizures.
• Must be enthusiastic and flexible with a caring disposition.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and supervision during daily activities.
• Support with meal preparation and medication management.
• Encourage participation in activities like baking and walks.

Skills

Trustworthiness

Reliability

Caring disposition

Experience with epilepsy & seizures

Ability to work independently

Flexibility

Job description

FEMALE - Personal Care Assistant Required to support a lady in Crewe, CW2

14 Hours Per Week – over 2 days to share the role with other PA. Cover holidays and sickness.

£12.70 per hour

Days & Times to be discussed at interview.

Main Duties

Personal Care – To supervise when in the shower in-case of a fall & to help to get dressed.

This lady can get confused and often repeats tasks due to her brain injury, therefore supervision & support is required when completing daily tasks.

To supervise & support when making meals.

To supervise when taking medication, as this needs to be taken at a particular time each day.

To support and join in when doing activities such as baking and art.

To encourage & support when going out for walks.

To help with independence.

The main duties identified in the job description are examples of the expectations required; I may on occasions reasonably request additional activities to be undertaken inside or outside of the home.

Personal Assistant Specification

My assistant must be honest, trustworthy, and reliable.

My assistant must respect my privacy and always maintain my dignity.

My assistant must be enthusiastic and flexible with a caring disposition.

You must be able to work well independently.

Experience is preferred, with knowledge around epilepsy & seizures.

My Assistant must be encouraging, to support with activities such as baking.

Supervision

My personal assistant is accountable to me in all aspects of their work. They should always ask what my needs are and listen to my directions and requests.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure which will be funded through your employer.

“Please note that this advert has been placed on behalf of one of our customers. Should your application be successful, and you are offered the position, you will be directly employed by the customer and not by PeoplePlus”