Personal Care Assistant
4 months ago
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.
We are looking to recruit a part-time female personal care assistant to a young man with special needs, autism and limited mobility.
**About the Client and Support Needed**:
Our client lives at home with his family in the Driffield area and you will be required to support him at home in the rural setting where he lives.
He enjoys cooking, baking, crafts, drawing, board games, pool, riding out on his scooter, photography, animals, wildlife, shopping and collecting Marvel and DC memorabilia.
He does require some personal care but there is no moving and handling involved.
Our client requires support with meal making, loading and unloading his scooter into the van.
You will help with cleaning and tidying all of our clients living spaces and bed changes and make sure his areas are sanitised as he has brittle asthma.
When out and about, you will make sure he is safe and well supported constantly, as autism can make him feel vulnerable. You will make his life fun and interesting by creating things to do within his ability range.
**Requirements**:
**Training Provided Specific to this Client**:
- Induction Training
- Safeguarding Adults
- Health and Safety
- First Aid
- Food Hygiene
- Personal Care
- Moving and Handling
- Autism
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**:
- You must have the means to easily commute to the rural village just outside of Driffield
- You must be flexible to cover holidays and sickness when required and be able to change working hours with some notice
- 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
- 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**:
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.
Training Provided Specific to this Client: - Induction training - Administration of medication - Food hygiene - Health and safety - Safeguarding Adults - First Aid - Personal Care - Moving and Handling - with Hoist Transfer - Epilepsy You will be trained to CQC standards to meet the needs of the client. Current care experience and ‘already known to the client’ will be valued. Unless specified elsewhere, previous care experience is not essential. Essential Requirements for this Role: - You must be a confident, experienced personal assistant who has an understanding of complex care and learning disabilities - You must hold a full, clean UK driving licence and have your own vehicle with Business insurance (or willingness to obtain) - you also need to be an experienced and confident driver - 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. - An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense met by HomeCareDirect) - Prepared to commit to long term care for one Client in a ‘Person-Centred’ way
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