Daytime carer/personal assistant

Ref: ES540

Location: Eastbourne

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Details

This role is to support a Woman

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: No

Employment status:

employed

Hours per week:

Morning call - 1 hour 15 minutes Lunch call - 30 minutes Tea - 1 hour Monday to Sunday shifts available Please apply with availability

Hourly pay rate:

£15.25

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I am looking for a chatty, bubbly and compassionate woman carer to help me with my morning routine as well as lunch and tea calls, assistance getting upstairs and into bed (I use a hoist with full training provided).

I have a team of wonderful carers and am looking for another two or three carers to join, I live at home and often have visits from my children and grandchildren.

I am happy for smokers to apply as long as they don’t smoke whilst on shift.

Duties include:

Medication prompting/administering
Personal grooming
Moving and handling
Clinical tasks
Administration
Housekeeping
Cooking
Dressing / undressing
Bathroom assistance

Full training will be provided
Experience with catheter training would be good but I am willing to train the right carer

Candidate qualities:

Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
Reliable with good timekeeping
Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
Hygienic, tidy and well organised
Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
Honest and cheerful
Creative
Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

Compassionate, kind, caring and chatty with the ability to not take life too seriously.
Understanding towards an individual with a physical disability

Notes:

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9