Support Worker/ Personal Care Assistant

Description

Support Worker/ Personal Care Assistant

Ref: DP6591

Location: Crawley

Details:

This role is to support a Man

Drivers licence required:

No

Employment status:

employed

Hours per week:

Tuesday - Friday mornings 8.30 or 9am for 2 hours. Monday to Friday 1 hour in afternoon to be arranged at short notice.

Hourly pay rate:

£14.00 raising to £15 once 6 month probation completed

I live at home in Crawley but need help to achieve a level of independent living. I have several health issues, but these can be managed with good, efficient and skilled carers. Staff will need a wide range of caring skills which will reflect my lifestyle and choices. Whilst most of the care will be done at home, there will be times when I am hospitalised and carers may be expected to work their shifts alongside the medical staff ensuring my safety always. I have a head injury, Sleep apnoea, and I am registered blind with Diabetes Type 2. I am a wheelchair & hoist user, so experience of any or all these conditions will be an advantage.

Duties include:

- To get a gentleman up in morning using a hoist, providing all personal care.

- Afternoon is for toileting and pad change.

Candidate qualities:

- Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality

- Reliable with good timekeeping

- Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative

- Hygienic, tidy and well organised

- Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties

- Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills

- Honest and cheerful

- Creative

- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard

- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

- Desirable Criteria

- Non Smoker preferred. Smoking is not permitted in the house or car.

- Have good communication skills with blind and/or deaf awareness.

- Have experience of and qualifications of working in a care setting.

Additional requirements:

Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours

Notes:

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required. Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

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