Personal Care Assistant/Support Worker DP5495 Job Title: Personal Care Assistant/Support WorkerLocation: North Mundham, Chichester Hourly rate: £11:50 Monday to Friday£13.00 Saturday £14.00 Sunday Reference: DP5495 Hours/shifts: Week 1Friday 7:30.- 12:30Saturday 7:30 - 20:00Sunday 11:00 - 20:30 Week 2Saturday 12:30 - 20:00 Week 3Friday 7:30 - 12:30Saturday 12;30 - 20:00Sunday 11:00 - 20:30 Week 4Saturday 12:40 - 20:00 64 hours per pay period. Average of 16 hours per week Summary • Do you love football and sport but also have a caring, kind and thoughtful nature?• I am looking for a Support Worker/Personal Care Assistant to help me remain living in my family home and also enjoy fun and leisure activities.• I am a 23 year old man and who has muscular dystrophy. This means that I am reliant on carers for all my personal care needs and activities of daily living.• I support Brighton and Hove Albian football club and I play wheelchair football throughout the year. I also follow lots of sports on TV including F1. My Personal Care Assistants will need to be able to support me to access and enjoy all these types of activities. • Apart from football I also enjoy going to the cinema regularly and would really like to find a Personal Care Assistants who can enjoy my love of movies with me.• I use a hoist for all transfers and an electric wheelchair to get around. • Alongside social activates and help with personal care the work also involves preparing meals/snacks/drinks and helping with my feeding. • I have a wheelchair accessible vehicle so having a driving license is essential, so that I can get out and about.• The successful Personal Care Assistant will be working with a friendly team of workers who cover my support during the daytime 7 days a week. • Full training will be given. Other Requirements • Must be comfortable with pets • Non Smoker preferred or someone who is willing to refrain from smoking during work hours. • Must have a UK driving licence All applicants must be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (at no cost to employee) Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts. DescriptionDomestic - Helping with laundry, washing and drying Changing bed linenBed makingGeneral cleaning of bedroom/bathroomTaking out rubbishPreparing drinks, snacks and meals.Shopping tripsTidying Personal Care: Assistance with washing and bathing/showering Hoisting from bed to wheelchair to bathTo be on call when I’m using toiletAssistance with applying creamGeneral hair/skin careAssistance using a urine bottle Dressing and undressing/ helping with buttons and fasteningsGetting into bedAssistance with getting out of bed using a hoistAssistance with medication i.e. helping to take tablets from foil/packetsHelping with other aspects of personal care as required Assistance at mealtimes e.g. assistance to eat when requiredPhysiotherapy exercises Social: Driving wheelchair adapted vehicle and accompanying/assisting with shopping trips, cinema and other social activities as requiredAccompanying me to doctors/hospital appointments when requiredOccasional longer journeysAccompanying me to social meetings eg friends, family Person specificationThe successful applicant will be: Respectful of the employer’s privacy and confidentialityReliable with good time-keepingAble to both follow instructions and work on own initiativeHygienic, tidy minded and well organisedFit and healthy to undertake the required dutiesPatience and possess excellent interpersonal skillsHonest and cheerfulCreativeAble to speak and read English to a reasonable standardLegally permitted to work in the United KingdomAble to work at all times to high standards of Health & SafetyPrevious 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 role you will be employed directly through the individual and not Independent Lives.