SOCIAL CARE - PERSONAL ASSISTANT

Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living; Malmesbury, Milbourne; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local support organization in Malmesbury is seeking a female Personal Assistant to provide essential personal care and domestic support for an individual in their 70s. Key qualities include kindness, reliability, and good communication skills. The role is part-time, involving morning hours, with a pay rate of £13 per hour. Training will be provided for specific care needs.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Training provided

Qualifications

• Kind, caring individual to support personal care and domestic tasks.
• Good communication and social skills are essential.
• Must be female due to the nature of personal care.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care including showering and hair washing.
• Assist with domestic tasks like laundry and cleaning.
• Provide support when required due to health needs.

Skills

Kindness

Caring

Good communication skills

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Job description

Personal Assistant Job Description
Vacancy Ref: 340

Location Milbourne, Malmsbury
Hours 5 hours per week (Mornings)
Payrate £13 per hour
Holiday 5.6 weeks per year including bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
Driving Licence No
DBS Check Yes - will be funded by the employer

A bit about me:
I am a female in my 70s, I live on my own in Malmsbury. I enjoy spending time in my garden where I watch the birds on the feeders and sit on my garden swing watching the sunset. I enjoy looking at pictures of the sunset that I take from my own garden. I like to grow vegetables in my garden. I spend time doing crafts such as crayoning and making decoupage cards. I enjoy watching daytime television and completing crosswords. I spend a lot of my time in quiet environments.


About the role:
I am looking for someone to support with personal care which includes showering, hair washing and someone to help apply creams on a daily basis in the mornings to be ready for the day ahead. I am looking for someone who can also support with domestic tasks such as helping with laundry and the occasional help with hovering.
I am peg fed and although I can fully manage this, if I become ill I may need support therefore training for this is given.


The kind of person I am looking for:
Kind, caring, someone who takes time to understand my needs, good communication and social skills, friendly approachable, responsible, reliable and trustworthy. It is requested that the applicant is female due to the role involving intimate personal care. For this reason, it is exempt under the general occupational requirement section of the Equality Act 2010


Application Form: https://www.wiltspa-reg.org.uk/vacancies-board/


Please note that this advertisement has been placed on behalf of an individual employer that we are supporting. Should your application be successful, and you are offered the position, you will be directly employed by the individual employer and not by the
Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living.