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Personal Assistants CC352

Job details
Posting date: 19 September 2024
Salary: £11.45 to £11.95 per hour
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 19 October 2024
Location: Croydon, London
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Independent Lives
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: CC352

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Summary

Vacancy Title: Personal Assistants
Reference Number: CC352
Location: Croydon
Hours per week: Various hours/ shifts available – please apply stating which you can do
Hourly pay rate: £11.45 weekdays, £11.95 weekends. Sleeping night rate: £60

Details

I am looking for care for a: woman
The candidate should be: a woman*
Driving licence required: no
Access to own vehicle required: no
Overnight care required: yes

Job Description

Summary
Part time female personal assistant positions required to work in Croydon with myself in my home, on rotation with two PAs. Living with limited mobility and a wheelchair user.

Three shifts available... The hours would be split with the morning and evening calls and sleeping nights. Some flexibility with the rota can be discussed with the right candidates... Training will be given. Care experience preferred.

Hours:~

Wednesday Thursday and Fridays 08.00 am to 17.00pm

Tuesday evening - alternate Saturday Sunday evenings 21. 00pm to 00.00 am

Hours:~ Monday to Sunday Sleeping Night 23.30 pm to 07.00am Flat rate (£60.00)

Equipment:~ Shower chair, Patient Turner Stand, electric standing hoist, walking frame, ceiling hoist, electric wheelchair. Sliding sheet. Bed to shower chair transfers using sit to stand turner or ceiling hoist

Hourly Rate:~ £11.45 weekdays £11.95 weekends Successful candidates Hourly Rate Shadowing :~ £8.50

Candidate qualities:

Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
Employee Duties:

Personal grooming
Moving and handling
Housekeeping
Dressing / undressing
Personal Care - washing and dressing, incontinence care
Wound dressing
Mobility Support /Manual Handling
Light domestic cleaning
Laundry
Occasional meal preparation
Light shopping and Prescription collection
Additional requirements

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives. Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9

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