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Rosekel; Leicester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Rosekel Resourcing Ltd is seeking caring Personal Assistants for a Leicester-based client. The role covers 24¾ hours per week with morning and evening calls, including personal care, meals, chores and appointments, with driving to medical visits as needed.

You will be supported with training on incontinence and disability awareness. Ideal candidates are English-speaking, non-smoking, patient, reliable and organised, able to handle anxiety and OCD triggers, and comfortable around a client with an

Qualifications

• Must be English speaking.
• Driver required to travel to appointments.
• Reliable, patient and well-organised with good personal hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Personal care support.
• Help with dressing and changing.
• Help with making and preparing meals.
• Household chores: cleaning, laundry, dishes.
• Sorting medications.
• Reminders for memory issues.
• Transport to doctors and hospital appointments.

Skills

English speaking

Driving

Disability awareness

Organisation

Job description

Carer/Personal Assistants required, Leicester LE4 NOTPA1509 – 24 ¾ hours per week

I’m 31 years old black African British female, parents are from the Ghana but I grew up in the UK. I worked as an English lecturer for 16 to 18 years in further education colleges in Kettering and also in Leicester. I love to read nowadays and live a very simple life. I love to crochet and anything creative.

I have a lot of health conditions mainly inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, mobility problems, partially blind in the left eye and partially deaf in my right ear. I have an ileostomy so my Personal Assistant would need to be comfortable around it, training will be given to help me change when I have flares or if I am unwell to do it myself.

I have mental health problems - generalised anxiety disorder, OCD, depressions and low mood, medical ptsd. I do suffer with panic attacks so when I do get anxious it would be good to have support in calming down so someone experienced in deescalating would be good. I like things in my house to be done in a certain way and due to my lack of vision to clean it not to let me find it and then for it to trigger my ocd and anxiety.

I advocate for disability rights and talk about my conditions and bring awareness to this. I have worked with charities such a Crohn’s and Colitis UK and have been the face of their rebrand and also in the newspaper. I got into this after my surgery and when I left my job due to my health declining rapidly.

Tasks

Personal care - usually I can shower myself but when I am in flare or unwell I would like some support.

Help with dressing and changing.

Help with making and preparing food - breakfast and dinner. Be able to cook meats and is comfortable around food

Help with household chores - hoovering the house, cleaning the bathroom, dusting and laundry, washing dishes and also just ensuring things are neat and tidy, folding clothes / daily household chores.

Help with sorting medications,

Prompting/ reminders with brain fog/ memory issues.

Must be English speaking, non-smoking, good personal hygiene and able to be organised and handle blind and deaf/ panic attacks and also mental health and social anxiety.

Car driver required as need to go to doctors and hospital appointments, when hospital transport not available. I sometimes would need to go out of Leicester to visit my mum in Wellingborough or visit friends in Bedford, Chichester, Hull, London. Must be comfortable to drive long distances - I will be happy to pay for petrol.

I would need someone proactive someone that can be my eyes and ears when I am not aware.

Permanent Contracted Hours – 24 ¾ hours per week (can be split between a number of Personal Assistants)

Monday to Sunday - 2x calls - morning call and evening call.

Monday to Friday - morning call flexible between 7am to 9am

Saturday to Sunday - 9am to 10am

Flexible on social call and time so usually around 1pm/2pm.

Midweek cleaning call if possible ideally on a Wednesday to clean bathroom and hoover/ mop the house, after morning call or later in the afternoon.

Saturday afternoon a social call to take me out to have a shopping activity or social activity.

I am flexible with times however I just would like consistent, reliable people due to anxiety and OCD.

£16.75 per hour

Additional hours available please see website www.rosekel.com

We are seeking an individual who is looking to support our client and provide excellent support.

For further information and to apply, please email [e-mail]

Rosekel Resourcing Ltd is a Direct Payment Support Service who endeavours to empower our clients to be the employers of their carer’s.

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