Description
The job itself
Personal Assistant/Support worker required to assist a young lady living in Hutton Cranswick with personal care, meal prep, social inclusion/interaction, emotional support, and domestic tasks. Positions available are 4 x 12 hour night shifts per week (Please state on your application your availability). Lady is autistic (Aspergers).
Shifts are currently covering 24 hours per week, 2 staff required (hence total of 48 hrs to cover), night time only.
The position would also require the candidate to support the lady with hospital stays; The shifts would be 12 hour shifts in the hospital setting on a rota basis. Full training will be given.
These evening shifts are waking night.
Workers must be able to work with others, there will be days where support workers will be working alongside a care company. Candidates must be able to use their own initiative, be proactive and able to support with animals. The lady has a dog and two cats.
Previous care experience and a qualification in care is desirable.
Position includes intimate personal care therefore a genuine occupational requirement for a female worker exists for this post under the Equality Act 2010 due to privacy and decency.
DBS/Reference checks will be required for this post – Cost to be met by the local authority.