Job Title: 2x Personal Assistants

Location: Shoreham by Sea

Hourly rate: £14.01

Reference: DP5427

Hours/shifts: 7.45 am -1pm, various days available, slight flexibility could be arranged on start time.

Summary

I am a 43-year-old man looking for assistance with washing and dressing in the morning. I am washed and dressed on my hospital bed; I then need assistance to transfer on to my manual wheelchair with the aid of a slide board. My breakfast and hot drink are then prepared but I can feed myself. I need to be given tablets from my blister pack.

I have a spinal cord injury from a bike accident 10 years ago, which, makes me a tetraplegic C5. I have a suprapubic catheter (district nurses change every few weeks) and a stoma bag. Training will be given for every aspect of this routine. This routine is not difficult to learn and rarely alters. I can communicate easily to give instruction with my care. All training given with my condition or training required by law is free and you will be paid if the training is out of your shift hours. I live in a bungalow and receive 24-hour care. My carers have all been caring for me for long periods of time and are approachable and always willing to help each other.

Other Requirements

• "Exemption is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9."

• Must be comfortable with pets

• Smoking or vaping is not a problem but must be done in the garden.

• Other : No car/licence required but must be able to travel to my home by 7.45am

All applicants must be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.

Description

Typical duties

Domestic -

Helping with laundry, washing and drying

Loading and unloading the washing machine

Loading and unloading washing line

Changing bed linen

Bed making

General cleaning

Taking out rubbish

General housework, including cleaning, dusting and vacuuming.

Preparing drinks, snacks and meals.

Making tea for the employer's guests

Personal Care:

• Washing and dressing on adaptable bed

• Assistance with applying cream

• General hair/skin care

• Catheter care and stoma care

• Assistance with medication i.e. helping to take tablets from foil/packets

• Getting in and out of the wheelchair ('transferring') with slide board

• Mealtimes e.g. cutting up food making hot drinks

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Social:

• Lifting the folding wheelchair in/out of car. Only if an early appointment is required for hospital, Doctors etc.

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• Person specification

The successful applicant will be:

• Respectful of the employer’s privacy and confidentiality

• Reliable with good timekeeping

• Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative

• Hygienic, tidy minded and well organised

• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties

• Patience and possess excellent interpersonal skills

• Honest and approachable

• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard

• Legally permitted to work in the United Kingdom

• Able to work at all times to high standards of Health & Safety

Previous experience preferred but this is not as essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles.

Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives