Female Personal Assistant
Location
Sheffield | United Kingdom
Job description
About the Employer
A lovely family lady is looking for a Female Personal Assistant to help her maintain her independence and join in activities in the community. She likes to get out to parks, shops and out for a coffee but will need support to do so. She will need support around the house with some light house duties and some assistance with paperwork. Some personal care on occasion will be required.
Employer Disability and Health Conditions
• Mobility / Physical • Mental Health • Invisible
This lady has fibromyalgia and sometimes struggles with mobility.
The employer's hobbies and interests:
• Going for a coffee• knitting• going to a park or shops
Other relevant information
• The individual is a smoker.
About the Role
Duties and Responsibilities
• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.
The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.
You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.
Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).
Transport Requirement
Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.
Required Skills
• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To work as part of a team.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
Does this position interest you?
This advert may close before the stated date if sufficient applications are received.
Job tags
Salary
£13.49 per hour
