Female Personal Assistant

Ref ML-C/LP

Introduction

I am looking for 2-4 new employees to join my care team and fill available shifts (The number of hires depends on how many shifts applicants want to work and whether they prefer part-time or full-time). You will work privately for me, with monthly pay organised via Enham Trust using Direct Payments.
No experience is necessary – all training will be provided during working hours, and paid at the usual rate.

Duties

• You will work to assist me in my daily activities, so that I am able to access what I need and move around the house. I will always be communicating and instructing, and I will tell you everything that I need during the shift.
• To give you an idea of what assistance is required during each shift, I have roughly outlined my usual routine below.
• The night shift is a sleeping shift. It involves helping me getting ready for bed, personal care using a hoist, helping me relieve leg cramps during the night when they wake me up, and helping me get out of bed in the morning. There is a bedroom adjacent to mine where you can sleep and I will usually call a couple times per night for 5 mins of assistance.
• An afternoon shift involves helping me use the toilet using a hoist, helping me adjust my seating position in my wheelchair, and helping me to do light housework and providing assistance preparing food.
• A morning shift involves assistance with my physiotherapy exercises, helping me do housework, and occasionally preparing food.

Rate

• £11.00 – £15.00 per hour
• Mon-Fri Day Shift: £12 an hour
  Sat-Sun Day Shift: £13 an hour
  Night Shift £15 per hour
• Paid holiday
• Statutory sick pay is available for sick leave lasting a week or more.

Desirable

• A full drivers license and a car. This is not required, but it can make it easier for you when traveling to my house for shorter shifts or to run errands for example. Free parking is available.
• Based in the Plymouth area.

To Apply

PLEASE INCLUDE JOB REF ML-C/LP IN APPLICATION
To apply for this post, please submit your CV by clicking the link below.

As part of our Information Advice and Guidance Service, Enham Trust supports disabled people to employ their own staff. This vacancy is not a role within Enham Trust but an excellent opportunity to work directly for one of our customers. A right to work check will be undertaken before an any offer of employment. All vacancies may be subject to a DBS (formally CRB) check.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Does the job role include personal care?: Yes

Working Patterns:

The following listed shifts are what would be best for me. I am willing to consider adjustments to these timings if you have other constraints or commitments to find something that works well for both of us.
Monday Night Shift - 20:00 - 09:00
Tuesday Night Shift - 20:00 - 09:00
Wednesday Night Shift - 20:00 - 09:00
Thursday Night Shift - 20:00 - 09:00
Friday Night Shift - 20:00 - 09:00
Saturday Night Shift - 20:00 - 09:00
Sunday Night Shift - 20:00 - 09:00

Monday Afternoon Shift - 15:00-18:00
Tuesday Afternoon Shift - 15:00-18:00
Wednesday Afternoon Shift - 15:00-18:00
Thursday Afternoon Shift - 15:00-18:00
Friday Afternoon Shift - 15:00-18:00
Sunday Afternoon Shift - 15:00-18:00

Monday Morning Shift - 9:00-12:00
Tuesday Morning Shift - 9:00-12:00
Wednesday Morning Shift - 9:00-12:00
Thursday Morning Shift - 9:00-12:00
Friday Morning Shift - 9:00-12:00
Saturday Morning Shift - 09:00-11:00

I will also offer extended or additional hours when I need them (e.g. if I am unwell and require more care than usual, if I have more tasks to do during the day than usual, or if I need you to run an errand for me). There will be extra shifts available when I need cover for sick leave or holiday.

Essential details:

• Female
• Non-smoker
• DBS check (cost met by employer)
• Good listener and able to follow instructions and ask questions if you’re unsure
• Reliability
• Comfortable with there being a cat in the house