2 Personal Care Assistant/Support Worker Ref: DP5495

2 Personal Care Assistant/Support Worker

Ref: DP5495

Location: Chichester

Details

This role is to support a Man

Drivers licence required: Yes

Employment status:

Employed

Hours per week:

2 PA roles - possible split PA 1: Wed 7:30 - 11:30, Fri 7:30 - 20:30 & one Sunday out of 4 = 7:30 - 20:30 PA 2: Thurs - 7:30 - 11:30, Sat 7:30 - 20:30 & one Sunday out of 4 - 7:30 to 20:30

Hourly pay rate:

£14.20 Monday to Friday £15.20 Saturday £16.20 Sunday

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Do you love football and sport but also have a caring, kind and thoughtful nature?

I am looking for two support worker/personal care assistants to help me remain living in my family home and also enjoy fun and leisure activities.

I am a 27 year old man and who has muscular dystrophy. This means that I am reliant on carers for all my personal care needs and activities of daily living.

I support Brighton and Hove Albion and like to go to the matches when I can. I also follow lots of sports on TV including F1. My Personal Care Assistants will need to be able to support me to access and enjoy all these types of activities.

I use a hoist for all transfers and an electric wheelchair to get around.

Alongside social activates and help with personal care the work also involves support with nutrition and medication via my gastric tube

I have a wheelchair accessible vehicle which is an automatic so having a driving license and being confident to drive the van is essential, so that I can get out and about.

The successful personal care assistants will be working with a friendly team of workers who cover my support during the daytime 7 days a week.

Full training will be given.

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Duties include:

• Medication prompting/administering
• Moving and handling
• Other relevant duties as required
• Housekeeping
• Shopping
• Dressing / undressing
• Bathroom assistance
• Helping with laundry, washing and drying
• Changing bed linen
• Bed making
• General cleaning of bedroom/bathroom
• Taking out rubbish
• Assistance with washing and bathing/showering
• Hoisting from bed to wheelchair to bath
• To be on call when I'm using toilet
• Assistance with applying cream
• General hair/skin care
• Assistance using a urine bottle
• Getting into bed
• Assistance with getting out of bed using a hoist
• Physiotherapy exercises
• Driving automatic wheelchair adapted vehicle and accompanying/assisting with shopping trips, cinema and other social activities as required
• Accompanying me to doctors/hospital appointments when required
• Occasional longer journeys
• Accompanying me to social meetings e.g. friends, family
• Water and nutrition via gastric tube

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

Additional requirements

Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours

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.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: £14.20-£16.20 per hour

Work Location: In person