Personal Care Assistant

Penderels Trust; Metchley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Penderels Trust is seeking a Home Care Support Worker to assist a vision-impaired individual living independently in the community. You will help with cooking, cleaning, and accompanying to activities and events, ensuring safety and companionship.

The role focuses on enabling independent living, daily routine support, and participation in community activities with respectful, person-centered care.

Qualifications

• Experience providing home care to adults is preferred.
• Ability to follow care plans and document tasks.
• Empathy and good communication with adults and families.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cooking and meal preparation for the individual.
• Support with household chores and general homemaking.
• Prompt and accompany to appointments such as hospital or doctors.

Skills

Cooking support

Household chores

Appointments assistance

Transportation to activities

Social engagement

Independence support

One-to-one relationship

Paperwork handling

Gardening

Job description

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• 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.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.
• Support with gardening.

The individuals 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.

I am a vision impaired individual living on my own, enjoy watching sports, going to cinema, gym etc and looking for someone to support me with cleaning and cooking at home and taking me to activities and community events.