Job title: Personal Assistant (PA)
Reporting to: The Employer
Location: Merry Hill, Wolverhampton WV4
Job purpose:
To assist with a variety of tasks which will enable the person 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 40-year-old male living in the Merry Hill area of Wolverhampton who is looking to recruit a Personal Assistant to provide support for 14 hours per week over 2 days.
Our client was involved in a road traffic accident in 2014 and sustained a brain injury along with other life changing injuries.
The successful candidate will be required to complete mandatory training which is funded by the Local Authority.
Main duties:
Social duties
attend medical appointments if required.
attend social activities such as swimming if required.
Personal care: Full support with bathing/showering, shaving, teeth cleaning, dressing, catheter care, PEG feeding and administering medication.
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 & diversity.
Specific requirements: someone with previous care and support experience.
Hours of work: 14 hours per week – to be worked over 2 days.
7am-11am & 4pm-7pm
Rate of pay: £11.44 per hour.
Skills, qualifications, and experience
Essential:
driving licence
car and appropriate insurance
previous care & support experience
able to swim.
confidentiality
good at building relationships
Preferred:
good communicator
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.