Personal Care Assistant

4 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Home Care Direct Full time

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. The post is for 30-40hrs per week which will be daytime hours including some weekends.

**About the Client and Support Needed**:
Our client is a young 32yr old gentleman with a brain injury and multi-sensory impairment (MSI). You will join is support team to promote positive potential benefits for him, giving him the security he needs to access information, communicate and safely access his environment.

You will provide support to enable effective communication and the reception of clear information. Your support will enable our client to take full advantage of learning, vocational and social experiences/activities, thereby allowing fuller access and social interaction/outings in his community and the world.

You will liaise closely with the family and professionals involved in our clients day to day life and deliver a daily exercise regime based on his physiotherapy programme. The aim is to increase our clients confidence, encourage friendships and ensure his days are full of gainful and exciting experiences.

You will encourage him to do things for himself such as food preparation and general day to day home based activities such as cleaning, washing clothes and planning his day. The emphasis of this role is to be a dependable, confident, fun and caring support worker to our client and will ensure that good communication is at the heart of everything.

You must be an excellent, effective communicator who can think outside the box and have excellent listening and verbal skills.

**Requirements**:
**Training Provided Specific to this Client**:
Induction Training

Safeguarding Adults

Health and Safety

First Aid

Food Hygiene

2-Day Intervenor Training

Moving and Handling

Epilepsy

Catheter Care

Personal Care

You will be trained to CQC standards to meet the needs of the client. If you are already known to the client and have care experience, this will be valued. Unless specified elsewhere, previous care experience is not essential.

**Essential Requirements Identified for this Role**:

- An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense to be met by HomeCareDirect)
- It is essential that you have an understanding of the complexity and implications of multi-sensory impairment
- You will need to be an excellent, effective communicator with excellent listening and verbal skills
- You will have good IT skills
- You must be a driver with a full, UK driving licence
- 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
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**Benefits**:
**Contractual**:
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

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.

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