Female Personal Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 16 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £11.44 to £11.44 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 October 2024 |
| Location: | Pontefract, West Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Penderels Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | WAK16409EN2 |
Summary
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About the Employer
Female PA wanted to assist a lady with a learning disability with going out and accessing the community. Ability to swim greatly preferred.
Employer Disability and Health Conditions:
• Cognitive / Learning
The employer's hobbies and interests:
• Shopping
• Going out
• Swimming
Other relevant information:
• The individual is a smoker.
• Someone in the household is a smoker.
• The individual has allergies. Nuts.
• The individual keeps pets in the home: Dog, 2 cats, hamster and fish.
About the Role
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.
• Ability to swim preferred.
The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.
You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.
Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).
Transport Requirement:
Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.
Required Skills:
• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To be able to follow instructions accurately.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is essential.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
When you are Required:
Hours per week: 6
• Thursday, 6 hours
Dates and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.
About the Employer
Female PA wanted to assist a lady with a learning disability with going out and accessing the community. Ability to swim greatly preferred.
Employer Disability and Health Conditions:
• Cognitive / Learning
The employer's hobbies and interests:
• Shopping
• Going out
• Swimming
Other relevant information:
• The individual is a smoker.
• Someone in the household is a smoker.
• The individual has allergies. Nuts.
• The individual keeps pets in the home: Dog, 2 cats, hamster and fish.
About the Role
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.
• Ability to swim preferred.
The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.
You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.
Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).
Transport Requirement:
Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.
Required Skills:
• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To be able to follow instructions accurately.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is essential.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
When you are Required:
Hours per week: 6
• Thursday, 6 hours
Dates and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.