Personal Care Assistant

Interested in working in social care? Read on to find out how you can get involved.

I am a male living in the Sutton Coldfield area with family, I am a wheelchair user with physical disabilities and also suffer with anxiety. I need encouragement and prompting to enable my independence; a car driver is essential.

• Mobility / Physical
• Mental Health
• Invisible

• I like vintage things, cars, old TV shows
• I like a good sense of humour
• I like Weather spoon's

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one-to-one working relationship.

The individual's needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and/or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Full driving licence is essential as the role requires you to drive the employer’s vehicle; for insurance purposes you must be 25.

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• Be able to work on own initiative.
• Be able to follow instructions accurately.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is essential.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employer’s needs on a daily basis.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.

Hours per week:
8. Dates and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.