Personal Assistant - Social Care

PA required to support individual whose diagnosis is MS, allodynia, sleep apnoea, significant neuropathic pain and spasms.

PA to prepare meals and drinks. Assist with dressing and undressing including some personal care and hair washing.

Preparing medication and maintaining medication levels.

General household duties such as cleaning, washing up and making a note of shopping needed. Maintaining and cleaning of medical equipment.

Maintaining calendar, reminding of appointments and catheter changes, etc.

Walking the dog. Trips out for shopping, appointments and social occasions.
Assisting with any additional requests as needed.

PA will need access to their own vehicle.

There will be an element of manual handling such as, lifting a wheel chair in and out of the car. Carrying shopping and boxes of catheter bags.

She enjoys going to the garden centre, having fish and chips from the chip shop occasionally, really enjoys her garden.

Post is for 10 hours including evening and weekends but specific days and times are flexible and can be discussed at interview.

There will also be a need to provide holiday and sickness cover.

Benefits include 5.6 weeks paid annual leave

Genders which may apply for this job - Female

Hours per week - 10hrs plus holiday and sickness cover

Hourly rate - £14.44 per hour Employed

Area - Hinckley and Bosworth

Driving licence required - Yes

Employer has pets - Yes

Employer is smoker - No