Personal Care Assistant

Personal Care Assistant

To enable a young woman with a physical disability to live independently at home. Your job would be to assist the young woman with tasks such as getting up and dressed, personal care and going to bed. Your main role will be to assist the young woman with personal care while out socially. Flexibility to hours and an easy-going approach will be useful in this post. Job offer subject to satisfactory DBS and references.

The post is a live-out position and is week on, week off. The job is based in Harrow and would be ideal for someone who also lives in Harrow or the surrounding areas.

Job description

Hours: 60 hours over a four-week period – week on, week off. You will be required to work some unsociable hours.

Driver preferred but not essential.

Purpose of job: To enable a woman with a physical disability to live independently at home. Job offer is subject to a satisfactory DBS and references.

Main responsibilities:

• To assist with:
• Getting up
• Going to bed
• Washing
• Dressing
• Hair care
• Oral hygiene
• Toileting
• Preparing meals
• Feeding
• Assisting around the home
• Using everyday items, for example, turning the TV on/off
• Manual handling
• To travel and assist in all the normal care duties on occasions, when required
• To maintain client confidentiality
• To understand working boundaries, even when in a social setting
• Any other reasonable duties at the employers instruction

Person specification

Specification

Essential/desirable

Responsible

E

Physically mobile/strong

E

Flexibility in approach

E

Ability to cope with change of plans at short notice

E

Good communicator

E

Ability to follow instructions

E

An understanding of independent living

D

Punctual

E

To respect dignity and choice

E

Honest, reliable and trustworthy

E

Willingness to undertake training

E

Good interpersonal skills

E

Ability to use discretion when necessary

E

Ability to lift (training can be provided)

E

Driver

D