Job Title:
2 x Personal Care Assistants (Ref: 693CB)
Location:
Worthing, West Sussex (BN11)
Pay:
08:00 – 20:00 Monday to Friday: £14.15 per hour
20:00 – 08:00 Monday to Thursday: £14.15 per hour (waking night)
20:00 – 08:00 Friday, Saturday & Sunday: £17.23 per hour (waking night)
Hours:
36hrs (12hr shifts) Monday to Friday: 8am to 8pm
36hrs (12hr shifts) Thursday, Saturday and Sunday: 8pm to 8am
Contract:
Permanent / Full-Time
Your contract of employment will be to support the client in this advert only
All of our contracts are for permanent positions with a 6 month probationary period
Vacancy Summary:
This vacancy is for 2 x complex personal care assistants in the Worthing area.
The hours available are:
1) Day Hours – 36hrs (12hr shifts) Monday to Friday: 8am to 8pm as per rota
2) Night Hours – 36hrs (12hr shifts) Thursday, Saturday and Sunday: 8pm to 8am
Shift patterns and hours will be discussed during the interview
About the Client and Support Needed:
I am looking for exceptional, dedicated, skilled personal care assistants to join the team that I am building as I have complex care needs. I live independently in my own home with my wife, who is my main carer
As a member of our caring team, you’ll be responsible for a wide range of tasks that can vary by the day, so an amount of flexibility is required. Some of the main duties include:
Administration of medication
Moving and Handling with Hoist
Gastrostomy Care / PEG feeding
Personal Care
Assisting me in the community
Administrative duties
Light housework
Ideally you would also have previous experience with Status Epilepticus and practical experience of giving Buccal Midazolam and be able to identify and understand a medical emergency.
It is my wish that my support workers are non-smokers.
Training Provided Specific to this Client:
- Induction Training
- Administration of Medication
- Food Hygiene
- Health and Safety
- Moving and Handling with Hoist
- Gastrostomy Care / PEG feeding
- Personal Care
- Special Communication Needs
- Catheter Care and Specific Needs
- Epilepsy
- Sub Cut
- Pressure Area Care
- Buccal Midazolam
- Medication via Peg
- Suppositories
- Safeguarding Adults
- Health and Social Care 3 Year Refresher
You will be trained to CQC standards to meet the needs of the client.
Current care experience and ‘already known to the client’ will be valued.
Unless specified elsewhere, previous care experience is not essential.
Essential Requirements for this Role:
- You should have excellent communication skills.
- You will be friendly and dynamic with a strong personality and common sense.
- You will have at least six months of complex care experience, which will include dealing with seizures, peg feed, catheter and administering medication.
- You should have an awareness of working with clients with a brain injury and who are non-verbal.
- Our client has a cat, therefore you should not have a cat allergy.
- An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense met by HomeCareDirect).
