Personal Care Assistant DP3741
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £139.95 per day |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 September 2025 |
| Location: | Horsham, West Sussex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Independent Lives |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | DP3741 |
Summary
Personal Care Assistant
Ref: DP3741
Location: Horsham
Details
This role is to support a Man
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Hours per week:
A Thursday waking night between 10pm to 7:30am Possibility for more waking nights in the future
Hourly pay rate:
£139.95 per waking night
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Hi, our son is in his mid-twenties, interested in music, computer games, YouTube, cars, dogs and bearded dragons (not the kind found in Game of Thrones). He is an intelligent, thoughtful and caring young man with a great sense of humour and although he may be reserved to begin with, he soon opens up once he gets to know you. Family and friends are very important to him.
We are looking for a friendly and reliable personal assistant to support him within our family home. He is a full-time wheelchair user and needs support with day to day living.
Although he is reliant on carers, he is very capable of explaining what he wants and needs doing. We are looking for someone who will talk to him, to ask how he would like things done and work with him and his ideas surrounding his care.
Full training is provided with this role so if you are confident, willing to learn, patient and share some of our son’s interests this could be a great match. It would also be helpful for you to be a confident driver and willing to drive the family’s wheelchair adapted car for social hours, but this is not essential.
The role requires close personal contact with an individual who is extremely vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission. You may be required to take infection control measures when necessary.
Additional Information
It would be essential for you to have your own transport to get to work as the night shifts start at 10pm.
Duties include:
- Eating and drinking assistance
- Other relevant duties as required
- Housekeeping
- The job involves helping him to get ready for bed, medication and changing to night time BiPap mask, then repositioning him, toileting, making him comfortable during the night.
- Support with using urine bottle
- Assistance with transfers using a hoist (in/out of wheelchair or bed)
- Helping with other aspects of personal care as required, e.g. supporting my son during the night and getting him ready for bed
- Some PEG Tube feeding will be required (full training provided)
- Support with BIPAP (full training provided)
- Social support: watching TV before bed
Candidate qualities:
- Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
- Reliable with good timekeeping
- Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
- Hygienic, tidy and well organised
- Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
- Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
- Honest and cheerful
- Creative
- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
- Must be comfortable with pets
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
- Must be comfortable with pets – I have a bearded dragon lizard which lives in a vivarium
- Driver with UK driving licence essential
Additional requirements
Non-smoker due to medical reasons, Vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission
Notes:
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.
If you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.
Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Ref: DP3741
Location: Horsham
Details
This role is to support a Man
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Hours per week:
A Thursday waking night between 10pm to 7:30am Possibility for more waking nights in the future
Hourly pay rate:
£139.95 per waking night
-
Hi, our son is in his mid-twenties, interested in music, computer games, YouTube, cars, dogs and bearded dragons (not the kind found in Game of Thrones). He is an intelligent, thoughtful and caring young man with a great sense of humour and although he may be reserved to begin with, he soon opens up once he gets to know you. Family and friends are very important to him.
We are looking for a friendly and reliable personal assistant to support him within our family home. He is a full-time wheelchair user and needs support with day to day living.
Although he is reliant on carers, he is very capable of explaining what he wants and needs doing. We are looking for someone who will talk to him, to ask how he would like things done and work with him and his ideas surrounding his care.
Full training is provided with this role so if you are confident, willing to learn, patient and share some of our son’s interests this could be a great match. It would also be helpful for you to be a confident driver and willing to drive the family’s wheelchair adapted car for social hours, but this is not essential.
The role requires close personal contact with an individual who is extremely vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission. You may be required to take infection control measures when necessary.
Additional Information
It would be essential for you to have your own transport to get to work as the night shifts start at 10pm.
Duties include:
- Eating and drinking assistance
- Other relevant duties as required
- Housekeeping
- The job involves helping him to get ready for bed, medication and changing to night time BiPap mask, then repositioning him, toileting, making him comfortable during the night.
- Support with using urine bottle
- Assistance with transfers using a hoist (in/out of wheelchair or bed)
- Helping with other aspects of personal care as required, e.g. supporting my son during the night and getting him ready for bed
- Some PEG Tube feeding will be required (full training provided)
- Support with BIPAP (full training provided)
- Social support: watching TV before bed
Candidate qualities:
- Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
- Reliable with good timekeeping
- Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
- Hygienic, tidy and well organised
- Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
- Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
- Honest and cheerful
- Creative
- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
- Must be comfortable with pets
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
- Must be comfortable with pets – I have a bearded dragon lizard which lives in a vivarium
- Driver with UK driving licence essential
Additional requirements
Non-smoker due to medical reasons, Vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission
Notes:
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.
If you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.
Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.
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