The Role:
• To support a 62-year-old to help me live my life the way I choose. The job involves assistance with a variety of tasks as my day varies. I use a manual wheelchair and need to be pushed in my wheelchair outside of the house and if going out the wheelchair will need to be put in and taken out of the car.
Main Duties:
Support with rehabilitation
Assistance with setting up shower equipment
Domestic Tasks
Assist preparing and cooking food/ enabling me to make meals.
Washing dishes and general cleaning of kitchen
Laundry and ironing
Bedmaking
General cleaning and tidying of house
Assistance with shopping
Checking and emptying rubbish and recycling bins
Social Tasks
Assistance to access hobbies such as my interest in crystals and art
Assistance to purchase art materials
Assistance to access local facilities
Assistance to access the community
Other Tasks
Assistance with light gardening
Driving
Personal Qualities and Attributes required:
• Respectful of confidentiality and privacy
• Responsible, reliable and trustworthy
• Respectful of dignity and independence
• Good communication skills and social skills
• Punctual, reliable and flexible
• Ability to work on your own initiative
• Understanding, adaptable and organised
• Car owner with driving licence, use of own vehicle required, and business insurance essential
Please note that this role may be subject to a DBS check, your employer may also ask for you to supply references.
You must be able to prove the right to work in the UK. No sponsorships are available.
Hours: 3 hours in the morning on a Tuesday and Thursday 9.00am – 12.00pm (can be flexible but needs to be in the morning)
Pay: £14.00 per hour
Job Type: Part time
Please note, Compass Disability Services (Compass Independent Living Team) is a support, advisory and payroll service. We support people with a disability or long-term health condition to live independently and retain control of their lives within the community. We are not the person that you will work for. You will work for the individual or family that we are supporting.