Support Worker/Personal Assistant – Eyemouth – 3081

Encompass; Eyemouth; On-site; GBP 15,968 - 22,742; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid annual leave entitlement of 5.6 weeks pro rata

Job summary

Encompass is seeking a cheerful and friendly support worker in Eyemouth to assist a gentleman with morning support tasks. This role involves helping with transfers, personal care, and catheter management. The position mainly requires work on Fridays to Sundays, with the potential for extra hours.

The ideal candidate will need to be kind, patient, reliable, and maintain confidentiality while developing a positive relationship with the client and his family.

Qualifications

• Kind and caring, sensitive to the client’s needs.
• Patient and cheerful.
• Ability to work sensitively respecting privacy.

Responsibilities

• Support the client to ensure their safety and well-being.
• Assist with transfers in and out of the wheelchair.
• Support personal care including showering and catheter management.
• Maintain cleanliness of the client’s equipment.
• Work as part of a small team.

Skills

Kind and caring

Reliable and trustworthy

Ability to use your own initiative

Knowledge of moving and handling

Knowledge of first aid

Job description

A gentleman living at home with his wife in Eyemouth, who uses an electric wheelchair and has a right-side weakness, is looking for a cheerful and friendly support worker to join his small team. The role is to provide support to the gentleman in the morning which includes helping him with transfers, using equipment he has in the house, personal care and catheter care. His caring wife is at home to assist if required when transferring the client. This position is mainly for work Friday-Sunday but there is also the opportunity for extra hours to cover leave or a possible increase in the future.

Terms:

• Hours per week: up to 3 hours
• Hours of work: 8am every morning for up to 1 hour, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
• £14.05 per hour.
• Paid annual leave entitlement of 5.6 weeks pro rata
• Probationary period of6months
• Requirements: Post subject to satisfactory references and PVG Scheme membership

Job Description

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

• To support the client to ensure their safety and well-being.
• To support with transfers in and out of his wheelchair, this includes using equipment provided within his home.
• To support personal care that includes:
  • Assistance with showering, drying and dressing.
  • Support with catheter management.
• To develop a positive relationship with the client and his family.
• To maintain cleanliness and tidiness of the client’s equipment and surroundings
• To work as part of a small team along with other PA’s and family members.

Person Specification

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 respecting the client and family’s right to privacy and to always maintain professional standards of confidentiality.

Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of moving and handling and first aid would be desirable but not essential for a candidate with the right personal attributes, as long as they show some suitability for the role as training can be provided.