Support Worker / Personal Assistant – Coldstream – 3224

Encompassborders; Coldstream; Remote; GBP 7,900 - 8,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid annual leave

Job summary

Encompassborders is seeking a personal assistant in Coldstream to help with morning personal care, safety and wellbeing. Role includes medication prompts, meal preparation and supportive mealtime duties in a home setting.

Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, participating in daily routines, and maintaining a compassionate, discreet approach while protecting client privacy. A caring, reliable team player is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care essential.
• Ability to work in a home setting with respect for privacy.
• Reliable and compassionate approach to support a client.

Responsibilities

• To support client to ensure their safety and well-being.
• To support with personal care routine as/when required.
• To support with general care needs including:
• Personal care assistance, medication prompts
• Meal and drink preparation.
• To develop a positive relationship with the client and work as part of a team.

Skills

Personal care

Medication prompts

Meal preparation

Teamwork

Reliability

Job description

A gentleman in Coldstream, looking for a personal assistant to help ensure all his morning personal care needs are met in a safe and efficient manner. Other support is required at mealtimes and in the evening to administer medication and prepare meals.

Terms

• Hours of work: 10.75 per week as listed below:

Morning Visit – 30 mins per day x 7 days

Tea visit – 30 mins per day x 7 days

Lunch visit and evening visits – 15 mins per day each x 7

• £14.05 per hour.

• Paid annual leave entitlement of 5.6 weeks pro rata

• Probationary period of 6 months

• Post subject to references and PVG scheme membership

Job Description

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

• To support client to ensure their safety and well-being.

• To support with personal care routine as/when required.

• To support with general care needs including:

• Personal care assistance, medication prompts

• Meal and drink preparation.

• To develop a positive relationship with the client and work as part of a team.

Personal Attributes

• Kind and caring, sensitive to the client’s needs

• Patient and cheerful

• Reliable and trustworthy

• Ability to use your own initiative

• Ability to work sensitively in a home setting respecting the client right to privacy and to always maintain professional standards of confidentiality

Skills and Experience

Experience is essential for a candidate and someone with the right personal attributes, and to be able to show some suitability for the role is required.