Description
The job itself
Lady in her mid 80s requires Personal Assistant to support her on a daily basis. Lady has both mobility and continence issues. She uses a hoist and wheelchair to get about and mobilise.
The role involves helping lady in and out of bed every day, personal care, dressing, breakfast and lunch. Light house-hold chores like washing up and leaving the house clean tidy will also be expected.
The right candidate will be of a caring nature, they will need to be conversational, chatty and have a good personality to keep up with lady!
You will need to be respectful and have an understanding that this lady has previously been able bodied and can sometimes find her situation frustrating.
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.
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