About the Role:
We are looking for a Personal Care Assistant to provide support to a chronically physically ill adult woman
Please provide your hourly rate on application
Day & Times: 5 hours per week Monday-Friday, afternoons preferred. A minimum of two visits p/w, e.g. 2 hours and 3 hours.
For further information, please refer to the attached job description and personal spec.
The BCP Direct Payments Advice Service is a support service for individuals who are living
independently within the community. We are not the person you will work for. You will work for the individual or family we are supporting.
For more information or to discuss the role further, please put contact name and number.
Please send your CV and covering letter detailing your suitability for the role to
Job Description
To assist with a variety of tasks which will assist the person who needs
care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and
interests.
This role does not involve live-in or overnight support.
The client is an LGBT woman in her 40s. She loves nature, walks in it, foraging, when she's well enough. She also likes audiobooks, board games.
She is multisystemically seriously ill. Her diseases include energy-limiting ones (including ME,) which cause her chronic fatigue, and allergic conditions. She is in chronic pain due to the diseases she has. She is not a wheelchair user.
This is a self-employed role. If applying, please state your rate of pay.
5 hours per week, Monday-Friday. Preference for one 2 hour slot, and one 3 hour slot per week. Afternoons preferred. Some flexibility is possible.
* Simple food prep, and cooking.
* Light housework
* Support with admin.
* Help sometimes with running baths, but no help beyond that needed with bathing or showering.
* Occasional help with lacing shoes or boots.
-Help to get the client out and about socially, including for walks/drives/getting her out to engage with her hobbies, or when she isn't well enough: sitting with her, and playing board games/cards. Understanding that sometimes she won't be well enough for any of those things, and at those points, support with those other duties whilst she rests.
* Occasional help with lacing shoes or boots.
* Occasional help with running baths/showers, but no help with bathing or showering needed beyond that.
* Light cleaning, laundry, weekly laundry change.
* Food prep, cooking, blending.
These duties may vary day-to-day.
* Will be warm, patient, organised, a good communicator, a good listener, able to take guidance, a good timekeeper, self-motivated.
* Will be LGBT-friendly.
* Will be understanding of the need to be scent-free whilst in the role, due to the client's allergic diseases.
* Driving license
* Car, registered for business use, appropriate insurance
* Confidentiality
* Good at building relationships
* Provide evidence of self-employment such as Public Liability Insurance, Terms and
Conditions, tax reference number.
* DBS Check will be required
* Legally Able to Work in UK
Job Type: Part-time
Work Location: In person