Personal Care Assistant for a person 33 hr/wk@ £14.00/hr in L3 - FTE - £27.3k - Liverpool - L3

UKCIL Ltd; Liverpool; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Personal Care Assistant to support a 69-year-old man with Motor Neurone Disease in Liverpool. The role involves assisting with personal care, household tasks, and accompanying him on outings. Ideal candidates should be honest, reliable, and flexible, with a good sense of humour. Training will be provided, and shifts are typically 33 hours over 3 days.

Benefits

Paid training sessions

On-the-job training

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care and support.
• Ability to work professionally with another team member.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care tasks including feeding and toileting.
• Support with household duties like cooking and cleaning.
• Accompany to medical appointments and outings.

Skills

Honesty

Reliability

Punctuality

Flexibility

Positive attitude

Good sense of humour

Job description

Personal Care Assistant for a person 33 hr/wk@ £14.00/hr in L3 - FTE - £27.3k - Liverpool - L3

UKCIL Ltd

Liverpool City Region, Liverpool

Personal Care Assistant for a person 33 hr/wk@ £14.00/hr in L3 - FTE - £27.3k - Liverpool - L3

Job title: Personal assistant (PA)

Reporting to: Keith and lead PA Danielle

Location: Central Liverpool

Job purpose:

To assist with a variety of tasks and support Keith to live his personal and social life according to his wishes and interests. This role may include overnight sleeps.

About the employer:

Keith is 69 years old and a keen Manchester United fan. He lives on his own but dotes on his 3 adult children (one of whom lives locally) and his 3 grandchildren. Keith has suffered from Motor Neurone Disease for over 20 years, and it has now progressed significantly. He spends most of his time in bed, using his iPad. He needs support with the housework, shopping and his personal needs such as feeding, toileting (using a hoist) and communicating with outside agencies. Keith has capacity, but his speech can be hard to understand. He uses a manual wheelchair to go out, but is mainly housebound at the moment. He now needs to have someone with him 24 hrs per day, and two people during the daytime.

These will involve:

• Going with Keith to medical appointments
• Going out with Keith to the shops, barbers’ etc

Personal care

• Support with all aspects of personal care
• Supporting with mealtimes, feeding and drinking
• Administering medication
• PEG feed

Domestic duties

• Grocery shopping
• Cooking and serving meals and snacks, preparing thickened drinks
• Cleaning

These duties may vary from day-to-day.

The type of person that Keith is looking for:

• You need to be honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, able to build good professional relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, positive, understand equality and diversity and have a good sense of humour.
• You need to be able to work professionally with another team member for long periods of time.
• You need to be a mature person who is comfortable having responsibility for his care while on duty.
• You need to be able to maintain and promote dignity at all times.

What you can expect to receive:

Induction will be given via paid sessions working alongside another carer. Training is available and can be offered in moving and handling, safeguarding, first aid, safe administration of medication. On the job training for catheter care, suction and peg feeding.

Hours of work:

Daytime shifts will usually start at 8am and finish at 7pm. These shifts are all 2:1. Overnight sleepover shifts start at 7pm and finish at 8am. Night time rates of £10.12 per hr start at 10.30pm and finish at 7am.

There may be some flexibility within this, depending on other members of the team. Average weekly hours 33 hours over 3 days on a rota with possible overtime. You need to be able to work weekends and would get every other weekend off.