Job title: Personal Assistant (PA)
Reporting to: The Employer
Location: Kidderminster DY11
Job purpose:
To assist with a variety of tasks which will assist the employer who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.
About the employer:
Our client is a 78-year-old female living in a residential home in the DY11 area of Kidderminster who is looking to recruit a Personal Assistant to provide support with daily living tasks for up to 13 hours and 45 minutes per week.
Main duties:
Personal care: support with bathing/showering, teeth cleaning, dressing.
Domestic duties: support with grocery shopping, cooking and serving nutritious meals and snacks, cleaning, changing linen, laundry.
These duties may vary from day-to-day.
Type of person that you/they are looking for:
Values someone that is honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, ability to build good relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, able to work alone, positive, willingness to travel, understands equality and diversity.
Specific requirements: someone with previous care & support experience. Must be a driver as client has mobility car for PA to drive.
Other: due to the nature of this role including personal care the potential employer will be considering female applicants only.
Hours of work: 13 hours & 45 minutes per week –
5 hours community/domestic support
5 hours & 15 minutes per week personal care support (7x45 mins AM)
3 hours & 30 minutes per week personal care support (7x30 mins PM)
Rate of pay: £12.50 per hour
Skills, qualifications, and experience
Essential:
driving licence & appropriate insurance
care & support experience
confidentiality
good at building relationships
Preferred:
computer literate
good communicator
likes dogs or other pets
a good listener
ability to support people with behaviours which challenge.
Successful applicants will require DBS checks & Employment References.
This role is funded by the Local Authority and is paid 4 weekly.