Personal Care Assistant @ Leigh, Wigan £14.50/hr in Leigh - FTE - £28.3k - Leigh - WN7
Job Reference (99cc201b)
A personal assistants is to enable this young woman to live a normal, fulfilling life and to be as independent as possible. Specific duties will be determined her... and her family.
She enjoys a wide range of activities so; We would like her Personal Assistants to be, fun, enthusiastic, energetic, conscientious, tolerant, dedicated, caring, and have the ability to talk!
You will be based in her lovely home. You will be helping to acquire and maintain independent skills. You will also spend some of time out in the community supporting her various activities. A positive attitude and a gentle approach are essential.
Main duties
You would be required to:
¨ Have an understanding and knowledge of an up to date epilepsy care plan, and know what procedures have to take place in an emergency.
¨ Have knowledge of rescue medication, epilepsy medication, and supplements and how to administer it.
¨ Assist with her personal care – washing, skin care, dressing etc. This will include intimate personal care such as helping use the toilet. You will be expected to do this sensitively and without embarrassment.
¨ Responsible for good record keeping around well-being and communication between the support team and family.
¨ Being flexible around availability including holiday cover, sickness cover, and emergency cover.
¨ Be available/ flexible to support H on her own holidays, with or without family members for a week per annum.
¨ Be responsible for informing her family/ senior PA of any medications that require reordering
¨ Have a clean driving license.
¨ Positions involve day times, evenings, weekends and day shifts. These can change depending on fluctuating needs.
¨ Assist her to carry out routine daily domestic activities e.g., making bed, keeping her home clean and tidy.
¨ Assist her daily Occupational therapy/ Speech therapy session (training will be given). Along with recording these sessions.
¨ To partake in social and leisure activities, such as, walking, visiting museums, art galleries, hydro therapy swimming, going to the theatre and eating out.
¨ Assist her carry out any chosen activity, whether inside or outside our home.
¨ Help use her iPad and Allora (communication aid) and keep up to date with communication aids, and training methods around this.
¨ Training and mentoring of new part-time staff, shadowing and training on the job.
¨ Maintaining the up keep of car, inside and out, including servicing etc.
¨ Ensure personal belongings are kept safe at all times.
¨ Ensure the risk assessment and PCP are adhered to, and updated regularly.
¨ Assist and manage and maintain a healthy lifestyle in particular her dietary requirements and exercise needs
Organisational Responsibilities:
You would be required to:
▪ Keep written records as required in diaries, and ensure that all relevant information is communicated to appropriate people in a professional and timely manner.
▪ Participate in identifying your own training program in a constructive and positive way.
▪ Undertake such other reasonable tasks as required from time to time.
Services
Meal Preparation
Personal Care
Domestic Care
Social + Leisure activities
Support to remain independent
Training
Food Hygiene
First Aid
Hand hygiene
Transportation
Full UK driving license
Medical
Safe Administration of Medication
Continence Care
Epilepsy Awareness
Schedule, Pay & Hours
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ONA = Overnight Awake / ONS = Overnight Sleep