Vacancy Title: Personal Assistants
Reference Number: CC352
Location: Croydon
Hours per week: Various hours/ shifts available – please apply stating which you can do
Hourly pay rate: £11.45 weekdays, £11.95 weekends. Sleeping night rate: £60
Details
I am looking for care for a: woman
The candidate should be: a woman*
Driving licence required: no
Access to own vehicle required: no
Overnight care required: yes
A (female only) part time Personal Assistant position required to work in Croydon with myself/client in my home, on rotation with another PA. Living with limited mobility and a wheelchair user.
Duties:~
Personal Care - washing and dressing, incontinence care
Wound dressing
Mobility Support /Manual Handling
Light domestic cleaning
Laundry
Occasional meal preparation
Light shopping and Prescription collection
Three shifts available...
The hours would be split with the morning and evening calls and sleeping nights.
Some flexibility with the rota can be discussed with the right candidates... Training will be given.
Care experience preferred.
Hours:~
.Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Fridays
08.00 am to 17.00pm
Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday evening - Bedtime
21. 00pm to 00.00 pm
Hours:~
Thursday to Sunday
Sleeping Night 23.30 pm to 07.00am
Flat rate (£60.00)
Equipment:~
Shower chair, Patient Turner Stand, electric standing hoist, walking frame, ceiling hoist, electric wheelchair. Sliding sheet.
Bed to shower chair transfers using sit to stand turner or ceiling hoist
Hourly Rate:~
£12 00 weekdays
£13.00 weekends
Successful candidates
Hourly Rate Shadowing :~ £8.50
Candidate qualities:
Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
Employee Duties:
Personal grooming
Moving and handling
Housekeeping
Dressing / undressing
Personal Care - washing and dressing, incontinence care
Wound dressing
Mobility Support /Manual Handling
Light domestic cleaning
Laundry
Occasional meal preparation
Light shopping and Prescription collection
Additional requirements
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.
Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives. Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.
*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
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