Personal Care Assistant

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Job Reference: LIN16838TP2

Contract Type: Permanent

Hourly Rate of pay: £12.21

Hours per week: 12

To apply, follow the link provided and fill out an application form or forward your CV to parecruitment@penderelstrust.org.uk (Please include the job reference number: LIN16838TP2 to your email if submitting via email)

About the Employer

To support a young adult male with a diagnosis of a learning disability, ADHD, Autism, hyper mobility, asthma, mental health and a loss of hearing in both ears (although does have hearing aids). The support would initially be within the home leading to encouraging and promoting him to access his local community, build on confidence and engaging in his chosen activities. If unable to go out some days then would like support with leanring life skills within the home such as cooking. Days are flexible and would like someone to support with these hours over either 2 or 3 days per week.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions:

• Hearing 
• Cognitive / Learning 
• Mental Health

The employer's hobbies and interests:

• Nintendo switch
• Dog walking
• Football

Other relevant information:

• The individual keeps pets in the home.Bishon Frise.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.

The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Transport Requirement:

Car driver preferred but not essential.

Required Skills:

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To be able to follow instructions accurately.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.

When you are Required:

Hours per week: 12

• Saturday, flexible timings

Dates and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.