Female Social Personal Assistant – ECRNCL
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What you'll do
- Support Enid in her own home and help her maintain her independence and daily routine
- Visit Enid twice a day (morning visit around 9:30am/10:00am and an afternoon/evening visit around 5:00pm)
- Help Enid with dressing
- Preparing and supporting with meals
- Completing some light household tasks
- Provide support when Enid goes out into the community, including accompanying her on shopping trips and helping her to access the things she enjoys
- Provide reassurance and appropriate support while promoting Enid’s independence and dignity
- Build a trusting relationship with Enid and provide consistent, person-centred support
What they're looking for
- Female (Genuine occupational requirement)
- Driver with own vehicle
- Permission to work in the U.K.
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Full description from employer
Hours: 25 hours per week – twice a day (7 days per week). Job share, 2 PAs required.
Area: Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Rate: £15.50 per hour
Driver with own Vehicle Essential
We are currently recruiting for two kind, reliable and caring Female Personal Assistants to support Enid in her own home and help her maintain her independence and daily routine.
Enid has a visual impairment and is looking for someone who can provide friendly, practical and respectful support with everyday activities, enabling her to remain as independent as possible within her own home and community.
Due to the personal nature of the support required, we are specifically looking for female PAs. The role will involve visiting Enid twice a day, with a morning visit around 9:30am/10:00am and an afternoon/evening visit around 5:00pm.
Support will include helping Enid with dressing, preparing and supporting with meals, and completing some light household tasks. The PAs will also provide support when Enid goes out into the community, including accompanying her on shopping trips and helping her to access the things she enjoys.
As Enid has a visual impairment, the successful applicants will need to be patient, observant and understanding, providing reassurance and appropriate support while promoting Enid’s independence and dignity. PAs who are confident driving are essential for this role.
We are looking for someone who is reliable, respectful and caring, with a warm and friendly approach. The successful applicants will be able to build a trusting relationship with Enid and provide consistent, person-centred support.
If you are a caring and dependable individual who enjoys helping others and would love the opportunity to support Enid to remain at home, maintain her independence and continue doing the things she enjoys, this could be a very rewarding role for you.
For more information, please see the Job Description
There is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be female in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraphs 1 – 4.
This vacancy will close as soon as a suitable candidate is appointed.
At the time of starting their employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the U.K.
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