Support Worker/Personal Assistant – Hawick – 3084

Encompassborders; Hawick; Remoto; GBP 16.000 - 23.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Encompassborders in Hawick is seeking a compassionate care assistant to support a gentleman client at home for a few hours each week. You will help promote independence with shopping, meal planning, budgeting, and personal care including shower support, and you may accompany him to appointments and about the town as needed, while ensuring safety and dignity.

Experience is welcome but not essential; reliability, kindness and the ability to work discreetly in a home setting are key, with PVG

Competenze

• Experience is not essential, but candidates should be able to demonstrate suitability for the role.
• Kind and caring nature with sensitivity to client needs.

Mansioni

• 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 medication prompts, shower support, meal and drink preparation, and traveling into town for shopping or appointments.
• To develop a positive relationship with the client and promote independence and encouragement.

Descrizione del lavoro

A gentleman client in Hawick looking for some support for a few hours a week to help promote their independence and support with shopping, meal planning and budgeting. Assistance with showering support also to ensure safety getting in and out and to provide confidence with this task. Help with getting out and about in the community is another task to help enhance and promote independence and confidence going forward too, and support to appointments in the town too.

Terms

• Hours per week: 4.50 Hours
• Days and hours schedule to be discussed with potential applicants
• £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:
  • Medication prompts, shower support, Meal and drink preparation, support with traveling into town for shopping or attending appointments.
• To develop a positive relationship with the client and promote independence and encouragement.

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 not essential for a candidate with the right personal attributes, but they should be able to show some suitability for the role.