Personal Care Assistant

Solo Support Services; Poynton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local support service provider in Poynton is seeking a caring individual to join the support team as a bank worker. The role involves assisting a young lady with complex health needs in her home and the community. Responsibilities include health care support, personal care, and providing emotional support. Candidates should be reliable and possess a clean driving license to operate a wheelchair-accessible vehicle. Flexibility in hours including evenings and weekends is required. Competitive pay and generous benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive rates of pay

Generous annual leave

Company pension scheme

Free training and development

Wellbeing and support tools

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Car drivers with a full clean driving licence and willingness to drive a wheelchair-accessible vehicle.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, bank holidays, and waking nights.
• Reasonably fit and comfortable in swimming environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a caring relationship with the client.
• Provide health care support including personal care and medication administration.
• Participate in on-call rota when required.
• Support the client to access community activities.

Skills

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Job description

We are looking for a caring individual to join our current support team as a bank worker, supporting a young lady with complex health needs who lives in her own home in Poynton. You will be expected to build a good working relationship with the client, her family, and her team of PAs.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• To develop and maintain a caring and supportive relationship with our client.
• To provide health care support including personal care, medication administration, nutrition and moving and handling, always following instruction from senior team members.
• To be available to take part in the on‑call rota when required.
• To provide social and emotional support within the home and support the client to access the community and attend local activities.

About You

We are looking for an individual who is reliable, trustworthy, kind, and caring. You must be able to work as part of a team and have the ability to use your own initiative. Due to the nature of the position, we are looking for candidates who can offer flexibility within their availability.

Car drivers with a full clean driving licence and willing to drive the client’s wheelchair‑accessible vehicle (manual gears) are essential, and candidates must meet the requirements for motor insurance purposes. The position is based within the client’s home but also within the wider local community. There will be occasions whereby it is necessary to travel to alternative locations. You will be required to work flexibly, and your working hours will include evenings, weekends, bank holidays and waking nights. You will need to be reasonably fit and not afraid of water (swimming pool) because the client, who is a wheelchair user, enjoys taking part in a number of indoor and outdoor physical activities.

Benefits

• Competitive rates of pay
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Company pension scheme after 3 months’ service, subject to the scheme rules.
• Opportunity to join our Cash Back Health Plan, after successful completion of the probation period.
• Free training and development for all roles
• Access to wellbeing and support tools
• ‘Employee of the Month’ rewards and ‘Long Service Awards’
• And so much more!

Safer Recruitment

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and are exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. As part of Safer Recruitment, any offer of employment will be conditional pending receipt of two satisfactory references (see our Safer Recruitment Policy for more information).