Personal Care Assistant

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To apply , follow the link provided and fill out an application form or forward your CV to parecru (Please include the job reference number: ESX
17170SL4 to your email if submitting via email).

PA required to support a lady who has a visual and hearing impairment. To access the community and support her in the parenting role.

• Vision
• Hearing

• Shopping
• Theatre
• Family

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure 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 could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

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).

Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To 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 not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Previous experience in childcare/special needs is essential.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• To support in the parenting role.

Hours per week: 18 would suit 2 PA's to work together to cover for Annual leave and sickness.

• Monday, 8am to 9.30am then 2.45 to 4.15pm
• Tuesday,
• Wednesday,
• Thursday,
• Friday,