30 Jan
2024
Full time Personal Assistant/Companion – Encompass
Job Description
Personal Assistant/Companion – Kelso – 2389
Companion/Personal Assistant – Kelso
A lovely, easy-going gentleman living with his wife at home in Kelso, is looking for a friendly and experienced support worker to offer him some companionship on a weekly basis whilst his caring wife gets a break. The role is to provide companionship and occasional personal care if required but is best suited to someone who has care experience as the client has a progressive neurological condition that affects among other things his mobility and speech.
Terms:
- Hours per week: up to 6 hours
- Hours of work: Preferably 2 3 hours blocks a week around late morning/lunchtime but will need to be flexible and possibly very occasional Saturdays.
- £12 per hour.
- Paid annual leave entitlement of 5.6 weeks pro rata
- Probationary period of 3 months
Job Description
Main Tasks & Responsibilities
- To support client to ensure their safety and well-being.
- To support with personal care needs as required on occasion.
- To support with general care needs like eating and drinking as client can be at risk of aspiration.
- To maintain cleanliness and tidiness of the client’s equipment and surroundings
- To develop a positive relationship with the client and his family.
- To interact with the client and keep them entertained with activities they enjoy, primarily in the home, but also in the local community including taking them for walks in their wheelchair in nicer weather.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
- Kind and caring, sensitive to the client’s needs
- Patient and cheerful
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Ability to use your own initiative
- Willingness to engage with a person with limited communication.
- Ability to work sensitively in a home setting respecting the client and family’s right to privacy and to always maintain professional standards of confidentiality.
Skills and Experience
- Knowledge of moving and handling and first aid training would be desirable but not essential as training can be provided.
Location : Kelso
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