Personal Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A local social care provider in North Kesteven is seeking a Personal Assistant to support a young man with various activities, including personal care and social tasks. The role requires honesty, reliability, and previous caring experience. You will work approximately 5 hours weekly with flexible hours across weekdays, helping foster independence and social connections. This position involves a dynamic work environment, adapting to the individual's changing needs.

Qualifications

• Must be honest, reliable, trustworthy, and punctual.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy.
• Be able to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Be patient, supportive, and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience and experience in childcare/special needs are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care tasks.
• Assist in encouraging socialisation.
• Promote friendships and independence.
• Develop a one-to-one working relationship.

Skills

Honesty

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Punctuality

Confidentiality

Initiative

Teamwork

Instruction Following

Patience

Supportiveness

Listening Skills

Empathy

Previous Caring Experience

Previous Experience in Childcare/Special Needs

Flexibility

Self-motivation

Lively Personality

Job description

Overview

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

How to Apply

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: LIN17230LT1 in your email if submitting via email).

Employer

Young man living at home with family and dog requires a PA to support with all activities including social activities and at home. After school but hours could be between 4:30pm and 10pm.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions: Cognitive / Learning.

Employer’s hobbies and interests: Trampolining; Loves cars and xbox games.

Other relevant information: The individual keeps a dog.

Role

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• 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).

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.
• Be able to work on own initiative.
• Work as part of a team.
• 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 essential.
• Previous experience in childcare/special needs is essential.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employer's needs on a daily basis.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
• Have a lively personality.

Hours

Hours per week: 5 hours per week.

• Monday, 6pm to 7pm
• Tuesday, 4:30pm to 10pm
• Wednesday, 4:30pm to 10pm
• Thursday, 4:30pm to 10pm
• Friday, 4:30pm to 10pm

Dates and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.