Job Title: Personal Care Assistant/Support Worker

Location: North Mundham, Chichester

Hourly rate:

£13 Monday to Friday

£14.00 Saturday

£15.00 Sunday

Reference: DP5495

Hours/shifts:

Wednesday 7.30am-11.30am

Thursday 7.30am-11.30am

Saturday 7.30am-12.30am

Every other Sunday 7.30am-11.00am

Summary

Do you love football and sport but also have a caring, kind and thoughtful nature?

I am looking for a support worker/personal care assistant to help me remain living in my family home and also enjoy fun and leisure activities.

I am a 25 year old man and who has muscular dystrophy. This means that I am reliant on carers for all my personal care needs and activities of daily living.

I support Brighton and Hove Albion football club and I play wheelchair football throughout the year. I also follow lots of sports on TV including F1. My Personal Care Assistants will need to be able to support me to access and enjoy all these types of activities.

Apart from football I also enjoy going to the cinema regularly and would really like to find personal care assistants who can enjoy my love of movies with me.

I use a hoist for all transfers and an electric wheelchair to get around.

Alongside social activates and help with personal care the work also involves preparing meals/snacks/drinks and helping with my feeding.

I have a wheelchair accessible vehicle so having a driving license is essential, so that I can get out and about.

The successful personal care assistant will be working with a friendly team of workers who cover my support during the daytime 7 days a week.

Full training will be given.

Other Requirements

• Must be comfortable with pets

• Non-smoker preferred or someone who is willing to refrain from smoking during work hours.

• Must have a UK driving licence

All applicants must be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (at no cost to employee)

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

Description

Domestic -

Helping with laundry, washing and drying

Changing bed linen

Bed making

General cleaning of bedroom/bathroom

Taking out rubbish

Preparing drinks, snacks and meals.

Shopping trips

Tidying

Personal Care:

Assistance with washing and bathing/showering

Hoisting from bed to wheelchair to bath

To be on call when I’m using toilet

Assistance with applying cream

General hair/skin care

Assistance using a urine bottle

Dressing and undressing/ helping with buttons and fastenings

Getting into bed

Assistance with getting out of bed using a hoist

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

Helping with other aspects of personal care as required

Assistance at mealtimes e.g. assistance to eat when required

Physiotherapy exercises

Social:

Driving wheelchair adapted vehicle and accompanying/assisting with shopping trips, cinema and other social activities as required

Accompanying me to doctors/hospital appointments when required

Occasional longer journeys

Accompanying me to social meetings eg friends, family

Person specification

The successful applicant will be:

Respectful of the employer’s privacy and confidentiality

Reliable with good time-keeping

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 cheerful

Creative

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 role you will be employed directly through the individual and not Independent Lives.