Penderels Trust
Female Personal Assistant
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About The Employer
We are looking for a reliable, friendly female personal assistant to support a 59-year-old lady with a moderate learning disability in Grantham.
Flexible hours available including days, evenings, and sleep-ins.
About The Role
Support will focus on promoting independence, confidence, and a good quality of life. Duties include:
- Supervised visits to friends
- Going out for coffee, shopping trips, and cinema outings
- Preparing meals and encouraging healthy routines
- Supervising personal care
- Providing companionship and helping her enjoy everyday activities
About You
- Female (genuine occupational requirement due to personal care needs)
- Kind, patient, and supportive
- Able to encourage independence while offering appropriate supervision
- Reliable and comfortable working flexible hours
- Experience in care is helpful but not essential
Employer Disability and Health Conditions
- Cognitive / Learning
- Epilepsy & Challenging behaviour
Duties And Responsibilities
- Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
- Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
- Support and/or prompt the individual to take medication.
- Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
- Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
- Support with food shopping.
- Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
- Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
- Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
- Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
- Develop a good and trusting one-to-one working relationship.
- Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.
- Support with gardening.
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Only candidates aged 18 or over should apply for this position as you will be required to administer medication.
The individual's needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.
You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and/or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.
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Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).
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Required Skills
- Car driver preferred but not essential.
- Be honest, reliable, trustworthy, and punctual.
- Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
- To be able to work on own initiative.
- To work as part of a team.
- To be able to follow instructions accurately.
- Be patient, supportive, and caring.
- Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
- Be empathetic.
- Previous caring experience is essential.
- Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employer's needs on a daily basis.
- Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
- Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
- Have a lively personality.
Required Training
Successful candidates are required to undertake any training that is considered necessary and appropriate to the role.
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