Support Worker/ Personal Care Assistant DP6591

apartmentIndependent Lives placeCrawley calendar_month 
Job Title: Support Worker/ Personal Care Assistant
Location: Crawley
Hourly rate: £14.00 per hour, increasing to £15 after 6 month probation period
Reference: DP6591

Hours/shifts: Saturday and Sunday night & mornings, start at 9.30 pm till 10.30 am.

Summary

I live at home in Crawley but need help to achieve a level of independent living. I have several health issues, but these can be managed with good, efficient and skilled carers.

Staff will need a wide range of caring skills which will reflect my lifestyle and choices. Whilst most of the care will be done at home, there will be times when I am hospitalised and carers will be expected to work their shifts alongside the medical staff ensuring my safety always.

I have a head injury, Sleep apnoea, and I am registered blind with Diabetes Type 2. I am a wheelchair & hoist user, so experience of any or all these conditions will be an advantage.
  • Other Requirements
  • Drivers license preferable but not essential
All applicants must be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check
Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.
Typical Duties:

To get the gentleman to bed at night and watch / help overnight, then up in morning using a hoist, providing all personal care.

Person specification
The successful applicant will be:
  • Respectful of the employer’s privacy and confidentiality
  • Reliable with good time-keeping
  • Flexible and able to cover other shifts which will include the weekend.
  • Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
  • Hygienic, tidy minded and well organised
  • Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
  • Patience and possess excellent interpersonal skills
  • Honest and cheerful
  • Creative
  • Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
  • Legally permitted to work in the United Kingdom
  • Able to work at all times to high standards of Health & Safety
  • Desirable Criteria
  • Non Smoker preferred. Smoking is not permitted in the house or car.
  • Have good communication skills with blind and/or deaf awareness.
  • Have experience of and qualifications of working in a care setting.
  • Previous experience preferred but this is not as essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles.
  • Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives
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