Self Employed Personal Care Assistant, 21 hours per week Bournemouth EMMW Bournemouth, England
Job description
About the Role:
We are looking for a self-employed Personal Care Assistant to provide support to a lady who has been diagnosed with kidney disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder and has associated anxiety in relation to managing daily living tasks and communication with others. They need support to make complex decisions, to have control over their life and information tailored to meet their needs. The lady has a nephrostomy bag and she requires help and support with coping with the nephrostomy bag. The individual is expecting her first child in a few months. The lady has an assistance dog.
Hourly Rate – As a self-employed carer, please provide rates on application.
Day & Times – 21 hours per week, either 7 hours per day for 3 days per week or preferably, about 5 hours per day for 4 days per week. Actual days and times to be discussed.
For further information, please refer to the attached job description and personal spec.
The BCP Direct Payments Advice Service is a support service for individuals who are living independently within the community. We are not the person you will work for. You will work for the individual or family we are supporting.
For more information or to discuss the role further, please contact Elizabeth Moore, telephone number: 01202 123961.
Please send your CV and covering letter detailing your suitability for the role and quoting the job reference EM/MW/23113 to the email address supplied.
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Job Description & Person Specification
Job title: Self-Employed Personal Assistant
Location: Bournemouth, BH6 area
Job purpose:
We are looking for a self-employed Personal Care Assistant to provide support to a lady who has been diagnosed with kidney disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder and has associated anxiety in relation to managing daily living tasks and communication with others. They need support to make complex decisions, to have control over their life and information tailored to meet their needs.
About the individual:
The lady has a nephrostomy bag and she requires help and support with coping with the nephrostomy bag.
The individual is expecting her first child in a few months.
The lady has an assistance dog.
Rate of pay: As a self-employed carer please provide rates on application.
Hours of work: 21 hours per week, either 7 hours per day on 3 days per week or preferably, about 5 hours per day on 4 days per week. Actual days and times to be discussed.
Main responsibilities & duties
· Support to complete personal care – hair washing and ensure clean clothes.
· Support to maintain a healthy relationships.
· Support to manage personal relationships /sexual health /wellbeing.
· Support to prepare, plan meals, routine with mealtimes.
· Support to manage medication, order and prompts to ensure medication is taken.
· Support to maintain personal safety (around medication, harmful substances/equipment)
· Support to manage correspondence and take required actions.
· Support to manage financial matters and budget.
· Support to explore education and desired work goals.
· Support to attend college.
· Emotional reassurance at times of anxiety; especially, when attending medical appointments.
· Support to complete domestic tasks.
· Support to access the community – travel training is required for new places - use public transport more.
· Support to attend appointments/working with professionals. Making notes of what is said during the appointment.
· Support to plan time suitable leisure activities
· Support to build trusting relationships with support – individual struggles to engage with professionals and often disengages.
· Support to maintain/have personal & sexual relationships and supported to access further education around safe relationships.
These duties may vary from day-to-day
Qualities
§ Values: honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, ability to build good relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, able to work alone, positive, willingness to travel, understands equality and diversity or has a good sense of humour.
Skills, qualifications and experience
Essential:
§ if using own vehicle for business, appropriate vehicle insurance required
§ confidentiality
§ good at building relationships
Preferred:
§ computer literate
§ good communicator
§ likes dogs
§ a good listener
§ ability to support people with behaviours which challenge
§ experience and knowledge of the above conditions preferable but not essential
Other Requirements
Essential: If self-employed the following paperwork is required as evidence of self-employment status.
§ Provide evidence of self-employment such as Public Liability Insurance, Terms and Conditions, tax reference number.
§ DBS Check will be required
§ Legally Able to Work in UK
Job Reference EM/MW/23113
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 21 per week
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: EM/MW/23113
