Personal Care Assistant
BS30, South Gloucestershire
Job purpose:
To assist a young lady with the day-to-day activities enabling myself, as the employer, to maintain an independent and fulfilling life that meets my chosen lifestyle. I live at home with Natalie my wife. I also have 2 dogs (very friendly) and 2 cats. I would like the p/a to accompany me to work and to help me with my diary.
I love to cook and would especially love to have help with this.
Hours and rate of pay:
- 10 hours and per week at £11.88 per hour
(Please complete preferred times)
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday/ may include
- Sunday/ may include.
Work Duties may include / helping with:
• Hygienic clean, changing bedding and some laundry
• Support with household paperwork,
• would benefit from support with maintaining her home environment.
• I do have epilepsy and would like the p/a to be first aid- trained
• I do have a diagnosis of hard of hearing and a vision impairment.
• I self-manage my medication but feel that I would benefit from a reminder when she sees her PA to ask whether she has remembered to take her medication.
• identify where needs to
• be cleaned/tidied. A tidy home environment and clear floor space is important
• to reduce
• the risk of falls.
Supporting:
• Support with household recycling
• Support with day planning
• Social support inc clothes shopping, visitting friends, going for food
• With social support within the home
Undertaking activities for employer:
• Ensuring employers home is hygienic and safe
Other requirements:
• Working in a safe way and highlighting health and safety concerns
• Assisting with management of employer’s health risks
• Establish and maintain effective communication
• Maintaining confidentiality
Location:
• Within the employer’s home in area of Bristol.
Requirements for applicant:
- Experience of providing personal care
- Driver required, with access to motor vehicle
- Good sense of humour
- Patience
- Ability to understand and deliver the needs of the employer
- Ability to undertake domestic activities
- Flexible, reliable and honest
- Good general fitness
- An enhanced DBS check will be required
- To undertake first-aid training
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Please note that this advert has been placed on behalf of one of our customers. Should your application be successful and you are offered the position, you will be directly employed by the customer and not by PeoplePlus’
Vacancy closing date: 08-Dec-2024