Personal Care Assistant

Penderels Trust; Turves Green; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DBS check covered

Flexible hours

Friendly team

Job summary

Penderels Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Personal Assistant to support Jake with daily activities, travel, appointments, and independent living in the community. The role emphasizes calm, patient, and consistent support to build confidence and independence.

Responsibilities include personal care, meal prep, household tasks, attending appointments, shopping, and facilitating social and leisure activities. DBS disclosure is required and costs are covered.

Qualifications

• 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 essential.
• Previous experience in childcare/special needs is essential.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers 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.
• Car driver preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with personal care, including toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed and dressing.
• Assist with cooking/meal preparation and eating.
• Help with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support to attend appointments as needed (hospital/doctors).
• Assist with food shopping and travelling to school/work/activities.
• Support to access sporting and leisure activities and social events.
• Encourage socialisation and developing friendships.
• Build a trusting one-to-one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork and correspondence.
• Assist with gardening and home tasks.
• Promote independence and confidence in the community.

Skills

Honesty & reliability

Confidentiality & privacy

Own initiative

Follow instructions

Patience & care

Active listening

Empathy

Caring experience

Childcare / special needs experience

Flexible & adaptable

Flexible hours awareness

Self-motivation

Lively personality

Car driver preferred

Job description

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

About The Employer

Jake is 19 years old and has diagnoses of ADHD, Autism and a mild learning disability. Jake experiences low confidence when accessing the community independently and can become anxious about the possibility of something going wrong while he is out alone. His anxiety can also cause him to feel that he needs to use the bathroom frequently, which can make going out and travelling independently more difficult. Jake would benefit from support from a Personal Assistant to help him build confidence in the community, access activities and appointments safely, plan and complete journeys, and gradually develop his independence. The PA should provide reassurance when Jake becomes anxious while encouraging him to make his own choices and complete tasks for himself wherever possible. Support should be calm, patient and consistent, with clear communication and enough time for Jake to process information and feel comfortable in unfamiliar situations.

Employer Disability And Health Conditions

• Invisible: Autism, mild learning Disability

The Employer's Hobbies And Interests

• Xbox
• Basketball
• Pool

Other Relevant Information

• The individual keeps pets in the home: Two Cats.

About The Role

• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• 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.
• Building Jakes confidence in community and reducing fear that bad things will happen to him.

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.

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 preferred but not essential.

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 essential.
• Previous experience in childcare/special needs is essential.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers 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.

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