Personal Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 30 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £14.27 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2024 |
| Location: | Sittingbourne, Kent |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Direct Payments |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 20240429NN299903 |
To apply please contact us on:
03000 413 600
Summary
Job title: Personal Assistant
Job Ref: 20240429NN299903
Outline of role: As my Personal Assistant your role is to provide me with the help that I need. This means that it is my responsibility to tell you exactly what I need, when I need your assistance and how I want you to assist me. It is your responsibility to ask what I need, to listen and respond to any reasonable instructions that I give you.
The types of tasks that I might need assistance with are listed below. I will tell you when and how I need your assistance. This list is not exhaustive and I may need help with things that are not listed below. Provided my request is reasonable I will expect you to follow my instruction. If you are unclear about anything you should ask. You are my personal assistant, not my carer. Your job is to enable me to live my life how I choose.
Tasks: Social life
I will ask you to learn basic sign language, perhaps by my instruction. Attached is a document of instructions for deaf awareness and communication skills. You are expected to take this very seriously.
Personal tasks – some days (not every days)
Household tasks - on a regular basis, as requested by me:
Cooking and preparing meal and drinks.
Keeping the kitchen clean and tidy.
Household cleaning and tidying.
Windows cleaning inside.
Laundry – I usually load my washing machine, I need help with ironing and putting the clothes outside on the clothes line.
Hoover when required.
Clean the shower room and toilet.
General tasks - as and when I ask
Going to the local shops, driving me to local shops assisting and enabling me to do my own shopping.
Helping me to maintain my wheelchair and scooter
Assist me do photography 1 or 2 days a week. Driving or travel train
Sometime I want go out and travel train all day or driving around and do photography. 8 to 12 hours a day but not all time.
Generally assist me in maintaining my garden.
Stand in when my other PA is away, assist me with cooking and preparing my meals.
Going to the GP and assist with advocacy for me. I book sign interpreter
Going to the Hospital, assist and advocate for me
this would be out of town.
Paperwork, phone housing association, etc
Advocate
Going to the dentist and assist and advocate for me,
When accompanying me on a social visit, you must pay own refreshment expenses.
Look after me when I not well,
Light household maintenance, e.g. Changing a light bulb.
Social activities - as and when I ask
Assisting me in participating in various social activities, as per my instructions, including , going to the hospital, going to the doctors/dentist, going shopping, out of town, meeting friends, going up to London – summer outings, visiting friends. Sometime go cinema and ten pin bowling
These may be long day trips. London would be using the train.
Go shopping by train to Stratford Centre.
Assist me to go out and take photographs.
Assist me do photography 2 or 1 days a week. Driving or travel train
If I have special event Friday - Sunday I will let you know 2 – 4 weeks before and there extra hours or flexible hours. You will be required to assist me,
You may be required to assist me for a full day outing, or to cover for others PA’s sickness or holiday leave.
Sometime I want go out and travel train all day or driving around and do photography. 8 to 12 hours a day but not all time.
Assist me and drive to big park or woodland my dog walk long.
Maybe 7 – 14 days break or holiday with me and 2 days break
Visit friends.
This is not a list of everything that I may ask you to do. I may ask you to do similar sorts of tasks which are not listed above. Provided that my request is reasonable, I expect you to follow my instruction.
Job Ref: 20240429NN299903
Outline of role: As my Personal Assistant your role is to provide me with the help that I need. This means that it is my responsibility to tell you exactly what I need, when I need your assistance and how I want you to assist me. It is your responsibility to ask what I need, to listen and respond to any reasonable instructions that I give you.
The types of tasks that I might need assistance with are listed below. I will tell you when and how I need your assistance. This list is not exhaustive and I may need help with things that are not listed below. Provided my request is reasonable I will expect you to follow my instruction. If you are unclear about anything you should ask. You are my personal assistant, not my carer. Your job is to enable me to live my life how I choose.
Tasks: Social life
I will ask you to learn basic sign language, perhaps by my instruction. Attached is a document of instructions for deaf awareness and communication skills. You are expected to take this very seriously.
Personal tasks – some days (not every days)
Household tasks - on a regular basis, as requested by me:
Cooking and preparing meal and drinks.
Keeping the kitchen clean and tidy.
Household cleaning and tidying.
Windows cleaning inside.
Laundry – I usually load my washing machine, I need help with ironing and putting the clothes outside on the clothes line.
Hoover when required.
Clean the shower room and toilet.
General tasks - as and when I ask
Going to the local shops, driving me to local shops assisting and enabling me to do my own shopping.
Helping me to maintain my wheelchair and scooter
Assist me do photography 1 or 2 days a week. Driving or travel train
Sometime I want go out and travel train all day or driving around and do photography. 8 to 12 hours a day but not all time.
Generally assist me in maintaining my garden.
Stand in when my other PA is away, assist me with cooking and preparing my meals.
Going to the GP and assist with advocacy for me. I book sign interpreter
Going to the Hospital, assist and advocate for me
this would be out of town.
Paperwork, phone housing association, etc
Advocate
Going to the dentist and assist and advocate for me,
When accompanying me on a social visit, you must pay own refreshment expenses.
Look after me when I not well,
Light household maintenance, e.g. Changing a light bulb.
Social activities - as and when I ask
Assisting me in participating in various social activities, as per my instructions, including , going to the hospital, going to the doctors/dentist, going shopping, out of town, meeting friends, going up to London – summer outings, visiting friends. Sometime go cinema and ten pin bowling
These may be long day trips. London would be using the train.
Go shopping by train to Stratford Centre.
Assist me to go out and take photographs.
Assist me do photography 2 or 1 days a week. Driving or travel train
If I have special event Friday - Sunday I will let you know 2 – 4 weeks before and there extra hours or flexible hours. You will be required to assist me,
You may be required to assist me for a full day outing, or to cover for others PA’s sickness or holiday leave.
Sometime I want go out and travel train all day or driving around and do photography. 8 to 12 hours a day but not all time.
Assist me and drive to big park or woodland my dog walk long.
Maybe 7 – 14 days break or holiday with me and 2 days break
Visit friends.
This is not a list of everything that I may ask you to do. I may ask you to do similar sorts of tasks which are not listed above. Provided that my request is reasonable, I expect you to follow my instruction.
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