Personal Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2024 |
| Location: | Driffield, East Riding Of Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | HomeCareDirect Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ZR9 |
Summary
** Please Note - Our organisation can not provide work sponsorship, please do not apply for this vacancy if you require this to work in the UK **
This vacancy is for a female personal assistant to join our client’s support package to support them in their own home for up to 12 hours per week. We will be your legal employer on behalf of the client and you will not be asked to support other clients. All of our contracts are for permanent positions with a 6 month probationary period. We are looking to recruit a part-time female personal care assistant to a young man with special needs, autism and limited mobility.
About the Client and Support Needed:
Our client lives at home with his family in the Driffield area and you will be required to support him at home in the rural setting where he lives.
He enjoys cooking, baking, crafts, drawing, board games, pool, riding out on his scooter, photography, animals, wildlife, shopping and collecting Marvel and DC memorabilia.
He does require some personal care but there is no moving and handling involved.
Our client requires support with meal making, loading and unloading his scooter into the van.
You will help with cleaning and tidying all of our client's living spaces and bed changes and make sure his areas are sanitised as he has brittle asthma.
When out and about, you will make sure he is safe and well supported constantly, as autism can make him feel vulnerable. You will make his life fun and interesting by creating things to do within his ability range.
Training Provided Specific to this Client:
- Induction Training
- Safeguarding Adults
- Health and Safety
- First Aid
- Food Hygiene
- Personal Care
- Moving and Handling
- Autism
You will be trained to CQC standards to meet the needs of the client. If you are 'already known to the client' and have care experience, this will be valued. Unless specified elsewhere, previous care experience is not essential.
Essential Requirements Identified for this Role:
- You must have the means to easily commute to the rural village just outside of Driffield
- You must have experience of LD/Autism
- You must be flexible to cover holidays and sickness when required and be able to change working hours with some notice
- This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 - there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit female support workers only
- An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense to be met by HomeCareDirect
- Prepared to commit to long term care for one client in a 'person-centred' way
- Willing to be trained to CQC standards to meet the client's needs
- Respect Company policies and procedures
- Be reliable / non-judgemental / caring / responsible / compassionate
- Committed to confidentiality and to treat the client with dignity and respect
Contractual Benefits:
- Company pension scheme
- Enhanced bank holiday payments
- Annual Leave is paid at 5.6weeks (pro-rata) per annum, based on contracted hours
Support:
- Full support and supervisions from your dedicated Regional Care Lead
- Training and full support from your local HCD Community Nurse Assessor
- Career pathway options
- A personal development plan
- 24hr on-call support
Employee Benefits:
- A Blue Light discount card
- Long service awards
- Free wellbeing options and EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) provided by Spectrum Life
HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and industry-leading specialist in the personalisation of care at home. Registered with the Care Quality Commission, HomeCareDirect provides a person-centred approach, keeping clients safe at home, supporting with recruitment, employment and training for their staff to the highest standards, meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.
This vacancy is for a female personal assistant to join our client’s support package to support them in their own home for up to 12 hours per week. We will be your legal employer on behalf of the client and you will not be asked to support other clients. All of our contracts are for permanent positions with a 6 month probationary period. We are looking to recruit a part-time female personal care assistant to a young man with special needs, autism and limited mobility.
About the Client and Support Needed:
Our client lives at home with his family in the Driffield area and you will be required to support him at home in the rural setting where he lives.
He enjoys cooking, baking, crafts, drawing, board games, pool, riding out on his scooter, photography, animals, wildlife, shopping and collecting Marvel and DC memorabilia.
He does require some personal care but there is no moving and handling involved.
Our client requires support with meal making, loading and unloading his scooter into the van.
You will help with cleaning and tidying all of our client's living spaces and bed changes and make sure his areas are sanitised as he has brittle asthma.
When out and about, you will make sure he is safe and well supported constantly, as autism can make him feel vulnerable. You will make his life fun and interesting by creating things to do within his ability range.
Training Provided Specific to this Client:
- Induction Training
- Safeguarding Adults
- Health and Safety
- First Aid
- Food Hygiene
- Personal Care
- Moving and Handling
- Autism
You will be trained to CQC standards to meet the needs of the client. If you are 'already known to the client' and have care experience, this will be valued. Unless specified elsewhere, previous care experience is not essential.
Essential Requirements Identified for this Role:
- You must have the means to easily commute to the rural village just outside of Driffield
- You must have experience of LD/Autism
- You must be flexible to cover holidays and sickness when required and be able to change working hours with some notice
- This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 - there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit female support workers only
- An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense to be met by HomeCareDirect
- Prepared to commit to long term care for one client in a 'person-centred' way
- Willing to be trained to CQC standards to meet the client's needs
- Respect Company policies and procedures
- Be reliable / non-judgemental / caring / responsible / compassionate
- Committed to confidentiality and to treat the client with dignity and respect
Contractual Benefits:
- Company pension scheme
- Enhanced bank holiday payments
- Annual Leave is paid at 5.6weeks (pro-rata) per annum, based on contracted hours
Support:
- Full support and supervisions from your dedicated Regional Care Lead
- Training and full support from your local HCD Community Nurse Assessor
- Career pathway options
- A personal development plan
- 24hr on-call support
Employee Benefits:
- A Blue Light discount card
- Long service awards
- Free wellbeing options and EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) provided by Spectrum Life
HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and industry-leading specialist in the personalisation of care at home. Registered with the Care Quality Commission, HomeCareDirect provides a person-centred approach, keeping clients safe at home, supporting with recruitment, employment and training for their staff to the highest standards, meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.