Personal Assistant CILR/Dorset/070324
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | Midsomer Norton, Radstock |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Compass Independent Living |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CILR/Dorset/070324 |
Summary
The Role: To support a man who has severe ME/CFS.
He is cared for in bed, assisted with all daily living tasks.
He is sensitive to noise.
The role is to manage symptoms and promote recovery through good personal hygiene, good nutrition, rest, and gentle mobility movements, and to allow his parents a break.
Meals are freshly prepared, gluten and dairy-free, fortified, and blended.
Good hydration and regular changes in body position are essential.
This is an employed position.
Main Duties:
To ensure the client is given water 2-3 times an hour.
To change the client’s body position 2-3 times an hour.
To avoid pressure sores by elevating heels when on back and avoiding prolonged contact on other joints.
To do passive movements on legs and arms, within the client’s energy levels that day, to reduce the risk of DVTs.
To prepare fresh meals and snacks, which are dairy-free, gluten-free, nutritionally fortified and blended as required. Ingredients supplied; no shopping involved.
To assist with housework during client’s rest periods.
To give any prescribed medication – instructions and dosage will be provided.
To attend to client’s personal hygiene needs: teeth, washing body and hair, toileting via urine bottles and commode. These tasks will depend on the client’s energy levels each day.
Personal Qualities and Attributes required:
• Respectful of confidentiality and privacy
• Responsible, reliable, and trustworthy
• Respectful of dignity and independence
• Good communication skills and social skills
• Punctual, and flexible
• Ability to work on your own initiative.
• Understanding, adaptable and organised
• Good hearing (Client can only whisper)
• Comfortable with physical tasks (requires going up and down stairs multiple times an hour, plus moving client as required)
• Comfortable around dogs
• Able to work quietly/in silence.
• Flexibility to adjust hours/cover partner PA during annual leave/sickness.
• References will be required.
Please note that this role may be subject to a DBS check.
You must be able to prove the right to work in the UK. No sponsorships are available.
Hours:
2 part-time roles, 28 hours total between 2 PAs.
Tuesdays: 9.00am – 3.00pm 6 hours
Wednesdays: 9.00am – 3.00pm 6 hours
Thursdays: 9.00am – 2.00pm 5 hours
Fridays: 10.00am – 1.00pm 3 hours
Sundays: 8.30am – 4.30pm 8 hours
Pay: £12.60 per hour weekdays and £13.23 per hour weekends
Job Type: Part time
Please note, Compass Disability Services (Compass Independent Living Team) is a support, advisory and payroll service. We support people with a disability or long-term health condition to live independently and retain control of their lives within the community. We are not the person that you will work for. You will work for the individual or family that we are supporting.
He is cared for in bed, assisted with all daily living tasks.
He is sensitive to noise.
The role is to manage symptoms and promote recovery through good personal hygiene, good nutrition, rest, and gentle mobility movements, and to allow his parents a break.
Meals are freshly prepared, gluten and dairy-free, fortified, and blended.
Good hydration and regular changes in body position are essential.
This is an employed position.
Main Duties:
To ensure the client is given water 2-3 times an hour.
To change the client’s body position 2-3 times an hour.
To avoid pressure sores by elevating heels when on back and avoiding prolonged contact on other joints.
To do passive movements on legs and arms, within the client’s energy levels that day, to reduce the risk of DVTs.
To prepare fresh meals and snacks, which are dairy-free, gluten-free, nutritionally fortified and blended as required. Ingredients supplied; no shopping involved.
To assist with housework during client’s rest periods.
To give any prescribed medication – instructions and dosage will be provided.
To attend to client’s personal hygiene needs: teeth, washing body and hair, toileting via urine bottles and commode. These tasks will depend on the client’s energy levels each day.
Personal Qualities and Attributes required:
• Respectful of confidentiality and privacy
• Responsible, reliable, and trustworthy
• Respectful of dignity and independence
• Good communication skills and social skills
• Punctual, and flexible
• Ability to work on your own initiative.
• Understanding, adaptable and organised
• Good hearing (Client can only whisper)
• Comfortable with physical tasks (requires going up and down stairs multiple times an hour, plus moving client as required)
• Comfortable around dogs
• Able to work quietly/in silence.
• Flexibility to adjust hours/cover partner PA during annual leave/sickness.
• References will be required.
Please note that this role may be subject to a DBS check.
You must be able to prove the right to work in the UK. No sponsorships are available.
Hours:
2 part-time roles, 28 hours total between 2 PAs.
Tuesdays: 9.00am – 3.00pm 6 hours
Wednesdays: 9.00am – 3.00pm 6 hours
Thursdays: 9.00am – 2.00pm 5 hours
Fridays: 10.00am – 1.00pm 3 hours
Sundays: 8.30am – 4.30pm 8 hours
Pay: £12.60 per hour weekdays and £13.23 per hour weekends
Job Type: Part time
Please note, Compass Disability Services (Compass Independent Living Team) is a support, advisory and payroll service. We support people with a disability or long-term health condition to live independently and retain control of their lives within the community. We are not the person that you will work for. You will work for the individual or family that we are supporting.