Personal Assistant for Robert in Lanark.
£14.45 per hour, 20 Hours available.
Job Overview
Provide care and assistance within Robert’s home, attending to personal care and participation in social activities.
Responsibilities
* Attend to all personal care needs (showering, toileting including bowel movements, shaving)
* Assist with medication
* Prepare meals and healthy snacks
* Assist in the community
* Move and assist – pushing manual wheelchair only when power chair broken, using tracking hoist
* Household tasks and shopping
* Any other daily living tasks to promote independent living
Hours
* 20 hours per week
* Typically 2 hours in the evening, 4 hours Friday afternoon, one full weekend out of 2
* Degree of flexibility to work additional hours is essential
Qualifications
* Experience essential in a care environment
* Excellent verbal and listening skills, people skills
* Clean UK driving licence
* Right to work in the UK
* Must have a great understanding of English to support Robert who has advanced cerebral palsy and severe speech impairment
Certifications
* References from two employers, including current or most recent employer
* Updated PVG certificate from Disclosure Scotland
Desirable
* Driver with clean licence; must be over 25 years old for insurance purposes
Key qualities
* Warm and friendly nature
* Desire to work within a caring role
Employment Terms
You will be employed directly by a Private Employer on a PAYE basis and will be entitled to all statutory rights as set out by Employment Law, such as paid holidays and statutory sick pay (where eligible).
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