Personal Care Assistant for a lady 18.75 hr/wk@ £12.21/hr in Billingham

UKCIL Ltd; Billingham; On-site; GBP 12,000; Part time

Job summary

A personal care service provider in Billingham is seeking a Female Personal Care Assistant to support a lady with MS. Responsibilities include assistance with personal care, medication, and meal preparation. The role offers 18.75 hours per week at £12.21 per hour. Flexibility and a full driving license are required. Ideal candidates will have a positive attitude and experience with hoists. Training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Reliability and positive work approach required.
• Experience using a hoist is desirable, but training will be provided.
• Driver’s license is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist the lady with personal care and medication.
• Support with exercises and meal preparation.
• Flexible availability to meet client needs.

Skills

Experience with hoists

Positive approach to work

Flexibility

Tools

DBS Check

First Aid Certification

Job description

# Personal Care Assistant for a lady 18.75 hr/wk@ £12.21/hr in Billingham - BILLINGHAM - TS23Job Reference (fbd3043c)**Personal Care Assistant – £12.21 per hour – 18 hours 45 minutes per week****Monday to Friday (extra 5 hours available on alternate Saturdays)****\*Due to the nature of this role involving personal care, we can only accept applications from female candidates\*\***An opportunity has arisen to join a team providing support to a lady living with MS in the Billingham area.The successful candidate will be reliable and have a positive approach to work.Experience of using a hoist and familiarity of one person hoisting is desirable but full training will be given.Duties will be split over the day. An example of a typical day is :**Morning call – 2 hours 15 minutes (8 am to 10.15 am)**- assist with getting out of bed, washing / toileting & dressing.- support with exercises- prepare breakfast- assistance with medication**Afternoon (tea) call – 1 hour & 30 minutes (3pm – 4.30 pm)**- assist with transfer from wheelchair to recliner chair- preparation of evening meal- support with personal care- assistance with medicationDays of working and duties to be discussed with the successful candidates, but a degree of flexibility will be required to ensure our client’s needs are met.Employment will be subject to completing two training sessions each covering the morning and afternoon sessions.As our client is clinically vulnerable, it is desirable that the applicant is fully Covid vaccinatedDriver’s licence is essential.An enhanced DBS check will be required, however, the cost of this will be met by the employer.ServicesMeal PreparationPersonal CareDomestic CareTrainingEssential PA GuideMoving & HandlingFirst AidHand hygieneTransportationFull UK driving licenseOwn personal carMedicalSafe Administration of MedicationSchedule, Pay & HoursTimeMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMorAftEveONAONSONA = Overnight Awake / ONS = Overnight SleepHour/Week19.0Pay/hr£12.21Weekly Actual£232Monthly Actual£1,005Annual Actual£12,063Annual FTE£25,397