Job Title:
Female Personal Care Assistant (Ref: 589CS)
Location:
Woodingdean, Brighton, East Sussex (BN2)
Pay:
£14.33 per hour
Hours:
Full or part time hours are available
Contract:
Permanent / Full-time and Part-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 a female personal care assistant in the Woodingdean area. Full or part time hours are available, including night shifts. To be discussed at the interview stage.
About the Client and Support Needed:
I am a young woman with learning disabilities and complex health needs who is looking for personal assistants who can assist me to live independently at home with my parents.
When I am well, I am very sociable and enjoy going to cafés, the cinema, museums, shows and hanging out with friends. I like to be out and about and to use my tricycle on the seafront and in the park. When I am not well, I enjoy being read stories, watching DVDs and appreciate companionship and someone to make sure I am as comfortable as possible.
You will be required to undertake duties such as assisting with personal care, meds admin, moving & handling with and without a hoist, supporting me during prolonged myoclonus (shaking) episodes, first aid and light housework/cooking. You will also be required to support me with my communication programme (PODD), for which training will be given.
We are looking for a personal assistant who is respectful, fun, well organized and is able to adapt to make the best of every day, whether our client is well or not well. Experience of working with people with learning disabilities is a must. You will need to be caring and compassionate but also resilient and able to use your initiative.
Full induction and training will be provided along with shadowing shifts.
Training Provided Specific to this Client:
- Induction Training
- Administration of Medication
- Food Hygiene
- Health and Safety
- Safeguarding Adults
- First Aid
- Special Communication Needs
- Moving and Handling
- Learning Disabilities
- Epilepsy
- Falls Awareness
- Person Centred Planning
- Mental Capacity Act and Dols
- Oliver McGowan Tier 1 and 2
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:
- As you will be supporting our client in the community, it is essential that you are a driver and have a full, clean driving licence. For insurance purposes you will need to be aged over 25yrs old.
- This post is exempt under The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 – there is a genuine occupational requirement to recruit female support workers only.
- An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this vacancy (expense met by HomeCareDirect)