Personal Care Assistant for a person 33 hr/wk@ £14.00/hr in L3 - FTE - £27.3k
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Job title: Personal assistant (PA)
Reporting to: Keith and lead PA Danielle
Location: Central Liverpool
Job Purpose
To assist with a variety of tasks and support Keith to live his personal and social life according to his wishes and interests.
This role may include overnight sleeps.
About The Employer
Keith is 69 years old and a keen Manchester United fan. He lives on his own but dotes on his 3 adult children (one of whom lives locally) and his 3 grandchildren.
Keith has suffered from Motor Neurone Disease for over 20 years, and it has now progressed significantly. He spends most of his time in bed, using his ipad. He needs support with the housework, shopping and his personal needs such as feeding, toileting (using a hoist) and communicating with outside agencies. Keith has capacity, but his speech can be hard to understand. He uses a manual wheelchair to go out, but is mainly housebound at the moment. He now needs to have someone with him 24 hrs per day, and two people during the daytime.
Main Duties
These will involve:
Social duties- Going with Keith to medical appointments- Going out with Keith to the shops, barbers etc- Contacting doctors, district nurses etc on Keiths behalf
Personal care
Support with all aspects of personal care Supporting with mealtimes, feeding and drinking Catheter care, Administering medication PEG feed
Domestic duties
Grocery shopping, Cooking and serving meals and snacks, preparing thickened drinks Cleaning, Changing linen, Laundry, ironing
These duties may vary from day-to-day.
The Type Of Person That Keith Is Looking For
* You need to be honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, able to build good professional relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, positive, understand equality and diversity and have a good sense of humour.- You need to be able to work professionally with another team member for long periods of time.- You need to be a mature person who is comfortable having responsibility for his care while on duty.
* You need to be able to maintain and promote dignity at all times.
What You Can Expect To Receive
Induction will be given via paid sessions working with alongside another carer. Training is available. and can be offered in moving and handling, safeguarding, first aid, safe administration of medication. On the job training for catheter care, suction and peg feeding.
Hours Of Work
Daytime shifts will usually start at 8am and finish at 7pm.
These shifts are all 2:1.
Overnight sleepover shifts start at 7pm and finish at 8am. Night time rates of £10.12 per hr start at 10.30pm and finish at 7am.
There may be some flexibility within this, depending on other members of the team. Average weekly hours 33 hours over 3 days on a rota with possible overtime. You need to be able to work weekends and would get every other weekend off.
Rate Of Pay
£14 per hour daytime
£10.12 per hour night time
Key Responsibilities
Services
* Meal Preparation
* Personal Care
* Domestic Care
* Social + Leisure activities
* Support to remain independent
Training
* Safeguarding Adults/Children
* Moving & Handling
Medical
* Safe Administration of Medication
* Continence Care
* Catheterisation
* Suction (Nasal/Oral)
* PEG Feeding
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