Personal Care Assistant with Dementia care experience P/T@ £13.74 PH in Kielder - Hexham - NE48

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Job Reference (d2b9226f)

A family is seeking to expand their team of dedicated and compassionate personal care assistants to support their mum in the Kielder area, support is required 7 days a week across morning, afternoon and evening calls to support her in and around her own home and in her local community.

The successful candidates will take a person-cantered approach to care, supporting the client’s independence, well-being, and choices, while providing essential personal, social, and domestic care. This lady likes to cook and bake as well as go out in the community for short walks, she enjoys listening to music anything from Elvis Presley to status quo, she also enjoys watching old tv programmes i.e. casualty and doing crosswords and puzzles.

Main Duties: To support as a second person/personal care assistant for an older lady with significant health and mobility needs with getting in/out of bed, toileting and showering, meal preparation, feeding and administer medication.as well as socialising by taking a person-centred approach while encouraging her to engage in any activities or interests this lady chooses.

The role requires close personal contact with an individual who is extremely vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission. Preference may be given to applicants who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Careful consideration will be given to applicants who can show the vaccination is not suitable for them on reasonable grounds.

Personal specification: Car driver preferred.

Calm, patient, fun, honest and reliable, and with a caring nature. Punctual, trustworthy and able to respect confidentiality.
Have a happy positive outlook and an outgoing personality
Ability to both take instructions and use own initiative.
Experience in health & social care desirable – awareness of learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs.

Further Information: An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate (DBS) will have to be obtained for the successful candidate (at employer’s expense).
Training: Where it is required, such as in Health and Safety matters, practical training and guidance will be arranged, and the care worker will be expected to attend. This will include safeguarding Adults/children’s, moving and handling, medication awareness and any additional training specific to the client. Rate of Pay

Employee £17.23 higher rate
Weekly Hours – 6 hours a week - Times to be discussed and confirmed at interview, hours to be shared between Monday and Friday preferably.

Services

Meal Preparation

Personal Care

Domestic Care

Social + Leisure activities

Support to remain independent

Training

Essential PA Guide

Safeguarding Adults/Children

Moving & Handling

Understanding challenging behaviour

Food Hygiene

First Aid

Hand hygiene

Dementia care

Transportation

Full UK driving license

Own personal car

Medical

Safe Administration of Medication

Continence Care

Schedule, Pay & Hours

Time

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mor

Aft

Eve

ONA

ONS

ONA = Overnight Awake / ONS = Overnight Sleep

Hour/Week

6.0

Pay/hr

£17.23

Weekly Actual

£103

Monthly Actual

£448

Annual Actual

£5,376

Annual FTE

£35,838

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Personal Care Assistant with Dementia care experience P/T@ £13.74 PH in Kielder - Hexham - NE48

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