Personal Care Assistant (Male

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Personal Care Assistant (Male)

Salary: £17,215.70

Hours:

30 hours

Weeks: 45.15 weeks (inclusive of annual leave)

You will support the occupational therapist and other college staff to manage the general personal care needs of students’ on a daily basis.

The Charity is looking for a Male Personal Care Assistant due to our current student cohort and the role requiring a high level of personal and intimate care that can affect an individual’s privacy and decency.

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Final date to receive applications August 19, 2026

Department Therapies

Employment Type

Full Time

Location Harborne, Birmingham, UK

Workplace type Onsite

Compensation £17,216 / year

• Promote the values, aims and ethos of the College both within their role as a Personal care Assistant and within the corporate life of the College.
• Have an awareness / experience of working with individuals with learning disabilities / difficulties, autism, physical disabilities, mental health needs and visual impairment.
• Support students’ to manage their personal care needs. This includes assisting with the toileting and hygiene needs of students with a range of complex physical needs; many of which require moving and handling techniques for example using hoists and other transfer equipment.
• This role is of a physical nature and involves various people handling techniques, this role can be physically strenuous at times.
• A willingness to support the students to work towards independence in appropriate areas of their personal care; under the guidance of the occupational therapist
• Work with the occupational therapy physical team to maintain high standards of infection control, including: hand washing, universal hygiene procedures, appropriate disposal of waste materials, dealing with bodily fluid spillages and assisting students and colleagues in adopting sound infection control measures.
• Undertake any relevant training to support your role and be responsible for maintaining your own professional development.
• Undertake tasks relevant to maintaining good standards of care, such as stocking the personal care rooms, equipment checks and cleaning tasks in line with infection control requirements.
• Communicate effectively with students, team members, carers, families and healthcare professionals.
• Work with colleagues to offer a personal care service that meets the needs of the students.
• Input information onto Data bridge as required and maintain accurate, professional written and electronic records in line with GDPR.
• Participate in staff training and be responsible for your own professional development.
• Attend regular team meetings and other college meetings as required.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of equality and diversity and encourage students to be involved in their care, respecting their physical, emotional and social needs.
• Become familiar with all emergency procedures and with policies, protocols and procedures pertaining to personal care, academic and residential activities, including Health and Safety, Student Complaints, Safeguarding etc.
• Work under supervision from the occupational therapist to provide a high quality service measured against national standards.
• Have an awareness of Ofsted and CQC regulations with regards to Specialist Colleges.
• Work effectively as both part of a team and on your own initiative and ensure that the needs of the students are at the centre of all you do.
• Perform such other duties commensurate with the status of the post as the Principal shall from time to time decide.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding, and in line with updated guidance published in September 2026, we will carry out an online search of all shortlisted candidates. This search may enable us to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and publicly available for review online, which we may wish to explore with you in further detail during the interview process.

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