URGENTLY NEEDED-Personal Assistant / Carer Driver

Purple Dpss; Witham; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Purple Dpss invites a caring and reliable individual to provide intimate personal care and daily living support at J's home near Chelmsford. You will assist with washing, dressing, meals, laundry, and light housekeeping, while encouraging independence and confidence in J's development.

Training is provided; applicants must be comfortable with a male-only occupational requirement. This role involves accompanying J on local trips and appointments, ensuring safety and dignity, and maintaining a

Qualifications

• Experience in personal care and daily living assistance.
• Ability to support independence and dignity.
• Willingness to work in a home setting and provide companionship.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal daily care including bathing and toilet assistance.
• Prepare meals and assist with basic laundry and ironing.
• Change bedding and assist with dressing as needed.
• Support mobility and accompany to appointments and trips.
• Encourage independence and self-confidence; maintain a safe home environment.

Skills

Compassionate care

Patience

Reliability

Job description

I need help with getting about as mobility can be difficult. I need crutches all the time and quite often my wheelchair. I need help with the toilet and taking a bath. At times I also need help with getting dressed. If my epilepsy is particularly bad this help increases as I get anxious with falling too. To be driven to and from lily rose centre in Chelmsford. Also local trips to places like GP, hairdressers, barbers and also trips to cinema or coffee shops etc. Having the odd days out to improve J's confidence and experience new things. Personal daily care, prepare some meals, basic laundry say putting out on line maybe a bit of ironing as J is unable to stand. Change bedding. The person I would like… Kind, encouraging as J can be stubborn and needs a firm authority to get him to do what's needed. Someone who can support and help J's development of independence to move forward with his next stage of life. Someone flexible as training will be provided. But reliable, and passionate about the role important to give J the support and independence he deserves, while still able to be in a home environment. Due to the nature of the role, which includes intimate personal care, this post is open to male applicants only as an occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010.

• Sponsorship is not available for this role
• No agencies please