Support Worker/Personal Care Assistant BRR8687

Independent Lives; Crawley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A personal care service provider in Crawley seeks a female Support Worker/Personal Care Assistant. Responsibilities include assisting with daily activities such as dressing, cooking, and shopping for a lady with mobility challenges. Candidates should be reliable, friendly, and non-smokers. Flexibility in working hours is offered for 6 hours a week at an hourly pay rate of £13.60. An Enhanced DBS check may be required.

Qualifications

• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard.
• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties.
• Non-smoker due to medical reasons.

Responsibilities

• Assist with showering and dressing.
• Prepare healthy family meals and perform domestic tasks.
• Provide support for shopping and going to appointments.
• Lift wheelchair in/out of car.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Reliability

Ability to follow instructions

Hygiene

Organization

Patience

Job description

Overview

Support Worker/Personal Care Assistant

Ref: BRR8687

Location: Crawley

This role is to support a Woman. The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: No

Employment status: Employed

Hours per week: 6 hours per week, weekdays, times are flexible - to be arranged.

Hourly pay rate: £13.60

I am a 44 year old lady living with my partner and 3 children in Crawley. My interests include colouring and watching tv. I experience pain and mobility problems so need support with showering and dressing, preparing healthy family meals and domestic tasks/cleaning. I use a wheelchair and mobility scooter and have a motability car. You would be required to assist me with shopping, going to appointments. Lifting my wheelchair in/out of car would be required. Driver would be useful but not essential. You should be friendly, reliable and trustworthy. Non-smoker is required due to my health needs.

Duties

• Housekeeping
• Shopping
• Cooking
• Dressing / undressing
• Bathroom assistance
• Support/assistance with going out, shopping, appointments
• Lifting wheelchair in/out of car

Candidate qualities

• Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
• Reliable with good timekeeping
• Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
• Hygienic, tidy and well organised
• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
• Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Honest and cheerful
• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
• Friendly
• Experience of providing support

Additional requirements

Non-smoker due to medical reasons

Notes

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

If you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9