Personal Care Assistant

Penderels Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Penderels Trust is seeking a caring individual in West Midlands to support a male client with physical disabilities. Duties include assisting with meal preparation, attending appointments, and promoting social activities.

The role requires a full driving license, as driving the employer's vehicle is essential. Successful applicants should have previous caring experience and flexible availability for approximately 8 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Previous caring experience is essential.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employer's needs.
• Must be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cooking, meal preparation, and eating.
• Support attending appointments as necessary.
• Encourage socialization and participation in activities.
• Ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Skills

Honesty

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Punctuality

Patience

Empathy

Listening skills

Ability to follow instructions

Job description

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

About The Employer

I am a male living in the Sutton Coldfield area with family, I am a wheelchair user with physical disabilities and also suffer with anxiety. I need encouragement and prompting to enable my independence; a car driver is essential.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Mobility / Physical
• Mental Health
• Invisible

Employer's Hobbies and Interests

• I like vintage things, cars, old TV shows
• I like a good sense of humour
• I like Weatherspoon's

About The Role

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• 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.
• 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 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

Full driving licence is essential as the role requires you to drive the employer’s vehicle; for insurance purposes you must be 25.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

When You Are Required

Hours per week: 8. Dates and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.