Personal Care Assistant
Ref: DP3741
Location: Horsham
Details
This role involves supporting a young man in his mid-twenties with daily personal care and companionship within a family home.
Requirements:
- Driver's licence: Yes
- Own vehicle: Yes
- Hours: Thursdays, waking night shift from 10pm to 7:30am, with potential for additional nights
- Pay rate: £139.95 per waking night
About the family:
Our son enjoys music, computer games, YouTube, cars, dogs, and bearded dragons. He is intelligent, thoughtful, and humorous, with family and friends being very important to him.
Role description:
We seek a friendly, reliable personal assistant to support him, who can communicate effectively and work collaboratively. Full training will be provided. Confidence in driving and willingness to operate the family's wheelchair-adapted vehicle is preferred but not essential.
Responsibilities include:
- Night-time personal care (getting ready for bed, medication, changing BiPap mask, repositioning, toileting, and comfort)
- Assisting with transfers using a hoist
- Supporting with PEG tube feeding and BiPap support (training provided)
- Support with using a urine bottle
- Social support, such as watching TV
- Housekeeping tasks
Candidate qualities:
- Respectful of privacy and confidentiality
- Reliable and punctual
- Able to follow instructions and work independently
- Hygienic, tidy, and organized
- Fit and healthy for the duties
- Patient with excellent interpersonal skills
- Honest, cheerful, and creative
- Proficient in English
- Comfortable with pets, including a bearded dragon
- Committed to high health and safety standards
- Non-smoker for medical reasons
Additional notes:
- Must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check
- Role may be employed or self-employed, with associated benefits
- If not contacted within three weeks, your application was unsuccessful.
This role is vital for the well-being of our son and requires a compassionate, dedicated individual committed to providing quality care.
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