The Role
To support a 43-year-old gentleman with M.E, fibromyalgia and Neuropathy and has a heart condition, to maintain his home and support making meals and support cleaning, taking the gentleman shopping and social outings.
Main Duties
* All supportive household tasks.
* Attending GP appointments and Hospital appointments.
* Help with the gentleman’s birds and occasional cage cleaning, changing of birds water or food or cutting fruit for the birds.
* Shopping (taken to supermarket and shops and support for buying food/clothing/welfare bird related items and general household items)
* Planning and preparing (cooking) meals for gentleman.
* Prompted and support with personal care.
* Support with medication (reminding) and (taking where necessary if gentlemen is unable to).
* Access the community for coffee shops and walks.
* Day trips/events and social outings, Zoo's, Nature parks, Coach trips, Holidays and other nice places the customer will pay for the applicant to attend any pre planned outing agreed between you both, as he has never been able to do these things and for quality of life would like to, as he could never do anything like this alone, and has not done previously.
Personal Qualities and Attributes required
* Complete respect of confidentiality and privacy, that anything said in private stays confidential between the applicant and the employer and no one else.
* The employer will also be extremely respectful of the applicant’s confidentiality and privacy, and this will be fully respected at all times inside and outside of the home.
* Must be very trustworthy and honest.
* Car owner with driving licence, use of own vehicle required, and business insurance essential, and must allow pet parrot in a small carry cage on travels.
* Must feel comfortable around small welfare birds and customers welfare parrot which is hand tame.
Employment Conditions
* For Employed: Please note that this role may be subject to a DBS check, your employer may also ask for you to supply references.
* You must be able to prove the right to work in the UK. No sponsorships are available.
* For SE: Please note that the person undertaking this role may be requested to supply evidence of DBS clearance and/or references where appropriate.
Hours
* 17 hrs per week Monday – Saturday. (Can be flexible with support times but prefer afternoons due to sleeping patterns and medications, customer is adaptive to time schedules and very easy going, even if it was all mornings).
* Potential for extra hours over time.
Pay
* £12.71 per hour Employed.
* £18.00 per hour Self – Employed.
Job Type
Part time
Equality Act Exemption
This role is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 under Schedule 9.
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