Personal Care Assistant

3 months ago

Portslade, United Kingdom Home Care Direct Full time

We are recruiting a mature, confident and bubbly lady for our client who lives in the Portslade, Brighton area. Our client lives with her family and relies on her care team to keep her safe and to live as normal life as possible.

Living with physical and learning disabilities, she is unable to communicate her needs so you will need to be an excellent communicator and have an awareness of using sensory techniques to communicate and be willing to continue learning whilst in the role. You should also be able to act on your own initiative, have previous care experience and be able to drive.

You will support our client in her home and in the community when required. Personal care is required in this role.

The role is for approximately 10hr per week, the shifts, hours and working days will be discussed at interview.

**Requirements**:
**You will be expected to complete the following CQC standard training which is specific to this client**:

- Induction Training
- Safeguarding Adults
- First Aid
- Personal Care
- Moving and Handling with a Hoist
- Medication Care Needs
- Gastrostomy Care
- Epilepsy Awareness
- Learning Disability Awareness

**Essential Requirements Identified for this Role**:

- This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 - there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit **female** support workers only for this role
- You must have previous care experience and an awareness of learning disabilities and epilepsy
- You must have an awareness of using sensory skills as a means of communication
- An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense to be met by HomeCareDirect)
- Prepared to commit to long term care for one client in a person-centred way
- Willing to be trained to CQC standards to meet the clients needs
- Respect Company policies and procedures
- Be reliable / non-judgemental / caring / responsible / compassionate
- Committed to confidentiality and to treat the client with dignity and respect

**Benefits**:
**Contractual**:
The current salary for this role is £13.33 per hour for hours worked between Monday to Sunday 7am - 11pm. All other hours are paid at minimum wage.

Company pension scheme

Enhanced bank holiday payments

Annual Leave is paid at 5.6weeks (pro-rata) per annum, based on contracted hours

**Support**:
Full support and supervisions from your dedicated Regional Care Lead

Training and full support from your local HCD Community Nurse Assessor

Career pathway options

A personal development plan

24hr on-call support

**Employee Benefits**:
A Blue Light discount card

Long service awards

Free wellbeing options and EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) provided by Spectrum Life

This vacancy is for a personal assistant to join our client’s support package to support them in their own home. We will be your legal employer on behalf of the client and you will not be asked to support other clients. All of our contracts are for permanent positions with a 6 month probationary period.

HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and industry-leading specialist in the personalisation of care at home. Registered with the Care Quality Commission, HomeCareDirect provides a person-centred approach, keeping clients safe at home, supporting with recruitment, employment and training for their staff to the highest standards, meeting legal and regulatory requirements.

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Training Provided Specific to this Client: - Induction Training - Medication Care Need - Administration - Safeguarding Adults - Health and Safety - First Aid - Food Hygiene - Learning Disability Awareness - Autism Awareness You will be trained to CQC standards to meet the needs of the client. Essential Requirements Identified for this Role: - This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 - there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit female support workers only for this role - You must have previous care experience and an awareness of learning disabilities and epilepsy - You must have an awareness of using sensory skills as a means of communication - An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense to be met by HomeCareDirect) - Prepared to commit to long term care for one client in a 'person-centred' way - Willing to be trained to CQC standards to meet the client's needs - Respect Company policies and procedures - Be reliable / non-judgemental / caring / responsible / compassionate - Committed to confidentiality and to treat the client with dignity and respect

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