Personal Care Assistant/Support Worker DP5495
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £13 to £15 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £13 Monday to Friday, £14.00 Saturday, £15.00 Sunday |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | North Mundham, Chichester |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Independent Lives |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | DP5495 |
Summary
Job Title: Personal Care Assistant/Support Worker
Location: North Mundham, Chichester
Hourly rate:
£13 Monday to Friday
£14.00 Saturday
£15.00 Sunday
Reference: DP5495
Hours/shifts:
Wednesday 7.30am-11.30am
Thursday 7.30am-11.30am
Saturday 7.30am-12.30am
Every other Sunday 7.30am-11.00am
Summary
Do you love football and sport but also have a caring, kind and thoughtful nature?
I am looking for a support worker/personal care assistant to help me remain living in my family home and also enjoy fun and leisure activities.
I am a 25 year old man and who has muscular dystrophy. This means that I am reliant on carers for all my personal care needs and activities of daily living.
I support Brighton and Hove Albion football club and I play wheelchair football throughout the year. I also follow lots of sports on TV including F1. My Personal Care Assistants will need to be able to support me to access and enjoy all these types of activities.
Apart from football I also enjoy going to the cinema regularly and would really like to find personal care assistants who can enjoy my love of movies with me.
I use a hoist for all transfers and an electric wheelchair to get around.
Alongside social activates and help with personal care the work also involves preparing meals/snacks/drinks and helping with my feeding.
I have a wheelchair accessible vehicle so having a driving license is essential, so that I can get out and about.
The successful personal care assistant will be working with a friendly team of workers who cover my support during the daytime 7 days a week.
Full training will be given.
Other Requirements
• Must be comfortable with pets
• Non-smoker preferred or someone who is willing to refrain from smoking during work hours.
• Must have a UK driving licence
All applicants must be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (at no cost to employee)
Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.
Description
Domestic -
• Helping with laundry, washing and drying
• Changing bed linen
• Bed making
• General cleaning of bedroom/bathroom
• Taking out rubbish
• Preparing drinks, snacks and meals.
• Shopping trips
• Tidying
Personal Care:
• Assistance with washing and bathing/showering
• Hoisting from bed to wheelchair to bath
• To be on call when I’m using toilet
• Assistance with applying cream
• General hair/skin care
• Assistance using a urine bottle
• Dressing and undressing/ helping with buttons and fastenings
• Getting into bed
• Assistance with getting out of bed using a hoist
• Assistance with medication i.e. helping to take tablets from foil/packets
• Helping with other aspects of personal care as required
• Assistance at mealtimes e.g. assistance to eat when required
• Physiotherapy exercises
Social:
• Driving wheelchair adapted vehicle and accompanying/assisting with shopping trips, cinema and other social activities as required
• Accompanying me to doctors/hospital appointments when required
• Occasional longer journeys
• Accompanying me to social meetings eg friends, family
•
• Person specification
The successful applicant will be:
Respectful of the employer’s privacy and confidentiality
Reliable with good time-keeping
Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
Hygienic, tidy minded and well organised
Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
Patience and possess excellent interpersonal skills
Honest and cheerful
Creative
Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
Legally permitted to work in the United Kingdom
Able to work at all times to high standards of Health & Safety
Previous experience preferred but this is not as essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles.
Please note, if you are successful in your application for this role you will be employed directly through the individual and not Independent Lives.
Location: North Mundham, Chichester
Hourly rate:
£13 Monday to Friday
£14.00 Saturday
£15.00 Sunday
Reference: DP5495
Hours/shifts:
Wednesday 7.30am-11.30am
Thursday 7.30am-11.30am
Saturday 7.30am-12.30am
Every other Sunday 7.30am-11.00am
Summary
Do you love football and sport but also have a caring, kind and thoughtful nature?
I am looking for a support worker/personal care assistant to help me remain living in my family home and also enjoy fun and leisure activities.
I am a 25 year old man and who has muscular dystrophy. This means that I am reliant on carers for all my personal care needs and activities of daily living.
I support Brighton and Hove Albion football club and I play wheelchair football throughout the year. I also follow lots of sports on TV including F1. My Personal Care Assistants will need to be able to support me to access and enjoy all these types of activities.
Apart from football I also enjoy going to the cinema regularly and would really like to find personal care assistants who can enjoy my love of movies with me.
I use a hoist for all transfers and an electric wheelchair to get around.
Alongside social activates and help with personal care the work also involves preparing meals/snacks/drinks and helping with my feeding.
I have a wheelchair accessible vehicle so having a driving license is essential, so that I can get out and about.
The successful personal care assistant will be working with a friendly team of workers who cover my support during the daytime 7 days a week.
Full training will be given.
Other Requirements
• Must be comfortable with pets
• Non-smoker preferred or someone who is willing to refrain from smoking during work hours.
• Must have a UK driving licence
All applicants must be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (at no cost to employee)
Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.
Description
Domestic -
• Helping with laundry, washing and drying
• Changing bed linen
• Bed making
• General cleaning of bedroom/bathroom
• Taking out rubbish
• Preparing drinks, snacks and meals.
• Shopping trips
• Tidying
Personal Care:
• Assistance with washing and bathing/showering
• Hoisting from bed to wheelchair to bath
• To be on call when I’m using toilet
• Assistance with applying cream
• General hair/skin care
• Assistance using a urine bottle
• Dressing and undressing/ helping with buttons and fastenings
• Getting into bed
• Assistance with getting out of bed using a hoist
• Assistance with medication i.e. helping to take tablets from foil/packets
• Helping with other aspects of personal care as required
• Assistance at mealtimes e.g. assistance to eat when required
• Physiotherapy exercises
Social:
• Driving wheelchair adapted vehicle and accompanying/assisting with shopping trips, cinema and other social activities as required
• Accompanying me to doctors/hospital appointments when required
• Occasional longer journeys
• Accompanying me to social meetings eg friends, family
•
• Person specification
The successful applicant will be:
Respectful of the employer’s privacy and confidentiality
Reliable with good time-keeping
Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
Hygienic, tidy minded and well organised
Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
Patience and possess excellent interpersonal skills
Honest and cheerful
Creative
Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
Legally permitted to work in the United Kingdom
Able to work at all times to high standards of Health & Safety
Previous experience preferred but this is not as essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles.
Please note, if you are successful in your application for this role you will be employed directly through the individual and not Independent Lives.
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