Personal Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 04 November 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £13.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 December 2024 |
| Location: | Gravesend, Kent |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Direct Payments |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 20241104VM855688 |
Summary
Gravesend - Personal Care Assistant
Job reference: 20241104VM855688
Hours: 19 - flexibly during the week
Wage: £13.50ph
Location: Gravesend
Duration: Permanent
Description:
A female personal assistant who is flexible and reliable to meet my needs is required for a mature lady who enjoys getting out and about but needs assistance with day-to-day tasks. These include personal care, general housework around the home, attending appointments with me when required and attending evening events when asked. Hours are mainly Monday to Friday
The successful applicant would need to hold a full driving UK licence and have access to a vehicle to take me out (Prepared to pay mileage separately) support me with my personal care needs and social activities.
Previous experience in this type of work, either professionally or personally is desirable but full training will be given regardless.
Hours are 19 per week and will be arranged usually a month in advance on a flexible basis with occasional day at the weekend.
If you are friendly, patient, understanding, empathetic, have a caring nature and want to support me with my daily life this role would suit you. You need to be animal friendly and aware due having a house cat and a dog.
This post is subject to a disclosure and barring service check (DBS) .
This post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraph 1-4.
How to apply
You can apply for this job by telephoning 03000 413600 and/or email
direct.payments@kent.gov.uk and quoting the reference for an application pack.
You can include your CV and a covering letter.
Two references will be required.
Tasks:
• Help with dressing, help with showering and shampooing my hair, help with getting out of bed.
• General support with cooking nutritional meals
• General housework support – changing bedding, cleaning the bathroom, keeping the kitchen clean and tidy, Vacuuming and some dusting.
• Support to get into the community and assisting me to participate in various social activities like going to the cinema, going to the theatre, going out to lunch and meet up with friends, going to the local shops/assisting with shopping, taking to appointment.
• Having your own car is desirable to support me to get out into the community and attending appointments when necessary.
• This is not a list of everything that I may ask you to do, as I may ask you to do similar sorts of tasks which may not be listed above, provided that my request is reasonable.
Person Specification:
MINIMUM DESIRABLE
QUALIFICATIONS
Level 2 Health & Social
EXPERIENCE Experience in the care field
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Good reading and writing skills
KNOWLEDGE
Good knowledge of personal care
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Empathetic
Naturally caring
Excellent timekeeping
Patient
Open-minded
An understand of privacy, Discreet
Flexible
Animal friendly – I have a house cat and a dog.
Job reference: 20241104VM855688
Hours: 19 - flexibly during the week
Wage: £13.50ph
Location: Gravesend
Duration: Permanent
Description:
A female personal assistant who is flexible and reliable to meet my needs is required for a mature lady who enjoys getting out and about but needs assistance with day-to-day tasks. These include personal care, general housework around the home, attending appointments with me when required and attending evening events when asked. Hours are mainly Monday to Friday
The successful applicant would need to hold a full driving UK licence and have access to a vehicle to take me out (Prepared to pay mileage separately) support me with my personal care needs and social activities.
Previous experience in this type of work, either professionally or personally is desirable but full training will be given regardless.
Hours are 19 per week and will be arranged usually a month in advance on a flexible basis with occasional day at the weekend.
If you are friendly, patient, understanding, empathetic, have a caring nature and want to support me with my daily life this role would suit you. You need to be animal friendly and aware due having a house cat and a dog.
This post is subject to a disclosure and barring service check (DBS) .
This post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraph 1-4.
How to apply
You can apply for this job by telephoning 03000 413600 and/or email
direct.payments@kent.gov.uk and quoting the reference for an application pack.
You can include your CV and a covering letter.
Two references will be required.
Tasks:
• Help with dressing, help with showering and shampooing my hair, help with getting out of bed.
• General support with cooking nutritional meals
• General housework support – changing bedding, cleaning the bathroom, keeping the kitchen clean and tidy, Vacuuming and some dusting.
• Support to get into the community and assisting me to participate in various social activities like going to the cinema, going to the theatre, going out to lunch and meet up with friends, going to the local shops/assisting with shopping, taking to appointment.
• Having your own car is desirable to support me to get out into the community and attending appointments when necessary.
• This is not a list of everything that I may ask you to do, as I may ask you to do similar sorts of tasks which may not be listed above, provided that my request is reasonable.
Person Specification:
MINIMUM DESIRABLE
QUALIFICATIONS
Level 2 Health & Social
EXPERIENCE Experience in the care field
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Good reading and writing skills
KNOWLEDGE
Good knowledge of personal care
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Empathetic
Naturally caring
Excellent timekeeping
Patient
Open-minded
An understand of privacy, Discreet
Flexible
Animal friendly – I have a house cat and a dog.