Personal Care Assistant - Sheffield, United Kingdom - D N Webdale Family

D N Webdale Family

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Situation and Location
Disabled male requires personal care assistant. Reliability and a driving license are essential, the flexibility to cover for other members of staff is also important.

The current vacancy is:
2 Day Shifts on Wednesdays and Saturdays each week (7.30am to 5.30pm)

The Saturday shift could be alternate weeks shared with an existing member of staff.

Paid at £13.20 per hour.

Plus:
The flexibility to provide holiday/sickness cover on other days as part of a team of 7 carers. To help ensure 24/7 cover is always possible between the team.

Job Purpose

To provide a high standard of personal care and support in order to promote and maintain my independence both at home and at work.

I teach Maths in a school near Rotherham, and live nearby in Todwick.

A typical day would consist of:

Personal care tasks to get me up and ready for the day.
During the day more care tasks along with assisting with meals and carrying out whatever housework needs doing.
Driving my adapted vehicle to go shopping, to the cinema or wherever else.
Further routine care tasks in the evenings to get ready for night shift to take over.

Main Duties

Detailed Job Description:

To provide me with personal care support in a dignified, sensitive manner, ensuring health and safety procedures are implemented at all times.
To ensure that a professional standard of care is established and maintained with particular regard to physical, social, and recreational needs.
To carry out whatever housework needs doing during your shift to help maintain smooth running of the house. Including laundry, cleaning, emptying bins/recycling and any other day to day tasks as they arise.
To respect and help safeguard my property and possessions.
To respect my privacy and uphold confidentiality at all times.
To accompany me at work and carry out any reasonable tasks to support my work in a professional manner. This will be in a school environment, supporting my work as a teacher.
To accompany me on social/recreational outings.
To undertake any relevant training to develop your skills.
To undertake any other duties that may be reasonably allocated which fall within the responsibilities of this post.
To be able to drive safely and confidently.