Job Description

Job Title: Personal Care Assistant (Nights)

Hours: 6 days per week / 14 hours per day (10pm - 12pm the next day) (Potential Job Share) Potential Day Position available

Temporary role for 6 months. Upon satisfactory of a 1 month probationary period, a permanent position may be of consideration

Rates of Pay: To be agreed for suitable candidate (minimum of \xc2\xa313.00)

Work Area / Location: At the employer\'s home address in Watford, WD23 and the surrounding areas.

Responsible to: Directly to the employer

About the Job:

The purpose of the role is to provide support and assistance to the employer with everyday tasks as listed below. The successful candidate will have access to their own workstation. The workstation is in an adjacent cabin with own cooking, toileting, washing, laundry, sleeping facilities.

Personal:

Assistance in and out of bed and repositioning throughout the night

Assistance getting dressed and undressed

Providing intimate assistance with toileting

Assistance with washing and showering

Checking skin condition and applying or changing dressings etc.

Performing passive exercise to limbs

General grooming (including shaving) and personal appearance

Domestic:

Preparing food and drinks

Light household cleaning and helping to keep the house (workstation & client\'s bedroom / bathroom area) hazard-free, washing up, cleaning and tidying work surfaces, appliances, (own workstation)

Laundry, bed making, changing bed linen

Social/Business:

Providing support outside the home

Assist with wheelchairs and associated equipment into and out of transport (employers\' own car and taxi\'s)

Transporting me to meetings, appointments and on shopping expeditions (on occasions early starts will be required e.g. exceptionally 3am)

Generally helping to make trips outside the home go smooth

General:

Put rubbish out for collection

Ensure that personal transport is ready to drive, candidate must be able drive employer\'s own adapted vehicle (must be over 25 years old) - Candidate must have a full driving licence

Enable me to carry out my chosen activity whether inside or outside the home by carrying out any other request that I may reasonably make

Person Specification:

Be punctual, reliable and flexible

Must be cheerful, honest and trustworthy

Successful candidate must have good communication (extremely essential)

Establish a professional standard of care, which should be always maintained

Be prepared to undertake any training that may be required to meet the needs of the role

Ensure that due consideration is always given to health and safety

Respect and safeguard the goods and property of the employer

Respect privacy and always uphold confidentiality

If you use your car whilst working, then you will require business use on your car insurance

Must be physically fit and well presented

Special Conditions:

A Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) and two satisfactory references are conditional for the post. This is a free and confidential process.

Disclaimer:

The Rowan Organisation is acting on behalf of a third party and will not be your employer nor be responsible for any actions arising out of your employment.

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