Personal Care Assistant

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About the Employer

I am a lady in my early fifties and looking for a Personal Assistant to support me for cooking meals, i.e breakfast, lunch and tea, help with personal care support i.e. dressing and showering, general house cleaning and domestic tasks. Also support by taking me out for appointments, shopping and leisure. I like watching movies, series and documentaries. I occasionally like to do arts and crafts.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Mobility / Physical
• Spinal Chord
• Mental Health

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.
• Support with gardening.

The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).