SOCIAL CARE - PERSONAL ASSISTANT
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £15.00 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Market Lavington, Devizes |
| Company: | Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | Job Ref 208 |
Summary
Personal Assistant Job Description
Vacancy Ref: 208
Location Market Lavington
Hours Various shifts available plus alternate weekends
Payrate £15 per hour
Holiday 5.6 weeks per year including bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
Driving Licence Yes, and access to own vehicle
DBS Check Yes (This will be funded by the employer)
A bit about me:
I am 40 years old and I have complex needs and quadriplegic cerebral palsy. I need support to remain in the community. I am full of fun and love life despite my disability. I love music, sports on TV and live sport. I enjoy visiting national trust properties and eating out. I am looking for support in my day to day living, helping me to enjoy the comfort and familiarity of my own home whilst ensuring that my care and wellbeing needs are met, 24 hours a day.
About the role:
Personal care, bathing, dressing and administering medications. Checking pressure areas moving and handling to include using slings and a ceiling tracking hoist. Feeding and drinking, keeping notes up to date. Support with shopping, cooking and preparing meals. Keeping my bungalow clean and attending appointments and therapies with me. Social tasks to include going to the shops, clubs out for meals. Arranging for friends to visit me or for me to visit them.
The kind of person I am looking for:
Up to 2 people who can work as part of a team to cover weekend shifts available. Enabling independent living in own home and to remain part of the community participating in social outings and therapies. To be caring and respectful enabling him to have the support to have a high quality of life and enabled to live as independent as possible and supported to make own decisions. Flexible and adaptable and willing to go the extra mile if it means making a positive difference to someone’s life. Enthusiastic with excellent communication skills committed to developing positive working relationships. Able to work as part of a team.
Application Form: https://www.wiltspa-reg.org.uk/vacancies-board/
Please note that this advertisement has been placed on behalf of an individual employer that we are supporting. Should your application be successful, and you are offered the position, you will be directly employed by the individual employer and not by the
Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living.
Vacancy Ref: 208
Location Market Lavington
Hours Various shifts available plus alternate weekends
Payrate £15 per hour
Holiday 5.6 weeks per year including bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
Driving Licence Yes, and access to own vehicle
DBS Check Yes (This will be funded by the employer)
A bit about me:
I am 40 years old and I have complex needs and quadriplegic cerebral palsy. I need support to remain in the community. I am full of fun and love life despite my disability. I love music, sports on TV and live sport. I enjoy visiting national trust properties and eating out. I am looking for support in my day to day living, helping me to enjoy the comfort and familiarity of my own home whilst ensuring that my care and wellbeing needs are met, 24 hours a day.
About the role:
Personal care, bathing, dressing and administering medications. Checking pressure areas moving and handling to include using slings and a ceiling tracking hoist. Feeding and drinking, keeping notes up to date. Support with shopping, cooking and preparing meals. Keeping my bungalow clean and attending appointments and therapies with me. Social tasks to include going to the shops, clubs out for meals. Arranging for friends to visit me or for me to visit them.
The kind of person I am looking for:
Up to 2 people who can work as part of a team to cover weekend shifts available. Enabling independent living in own home and to remain part of the community participating in social outings and therapies. To be caring and respectful enabling him to have the support to have a high quality of life and enabled to live as independent as possible and supported to make own decisions. Flexible and adaptable and willing to go the extra mile if it means making a positive difference to someone’s life. Enthusiastic with excellent communication skills committed to developing positive working relationships. Able to work as part of a team.
Application Form: https://www.wiltspa-reg.org.uk/vacancies-board/
Please note that this advertisement has been placed on behalf of an individual employer that we are supporting. Should your application be successful, and you are offered the position, you will be directly employed by the individual employer and not by the
Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living.
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