Female Personal Care Assistant

Job Reference: LIN16891AHa1

Contract Type: Permanent

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: LIN16891AHa1 to your email if submitting via email)

About the Employer

To support a lady in her 60's, with both physical and mental health conditions, in all aspects in day to day life including personal care, domestic support, meal preparation, shopping and attending appointments/social activities. Mon to Fri AM - Identified that a Thursday would be the best day to complete the shopping and agreed that the PA could also support with writing a shopping list. Monday 2.5 hours, Tuesday 2.5 hours, Wednesday 2.5 hours, Thursday 5 hours, Friday 2.5. It was felt that the hours would enable all the support identified to be carried out along with the extra hours on a Thursday to complete the daily support and shopping.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions:

• Mobility / Physical 
• Vision• Hearing 
• Mental Health

Other relevant information:

• The individual is a smoker.
• The individual keeps pets in the home.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to take medication.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.

Only candidates aged 18 or over should apply for this position as you will be required to administer medication.

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).

Lateral Flow Test Requirement:

Due to the nature of the work you’re applying for, you may be required to take a Lateral Flow Test (LFT) and upload the results online every day before you start work.

Transport Requirement:

Full driving licence is essential as the role requires you to drive the employer’s vehicle (employer to check age requirement with car insurance provider).

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 follow instructions accurately.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.

Required Training:

Successful candidates are required to undertake any training that is considered necessary and appropriate to the role.

• First Aid. PA must already hold relevant qualification.

When you are Required:

Hours per week: 15 hours per week

• Monday, 9am to 11.30am
• Tuesday, 9am to 11.30am
• Wednesday, 9am to 11.30am
• Thursday, 9am to 2pm
• Friday, 9 to 11.30am

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