Job title: Personal Care Assistant
The role is based in Boscombe.
About the Role:
To assist me with a variety of tasks which will enable me to live my life according to my wishes.
I am multi-systemically seriously ill. Diseases include energy-limiting ones (including ME and fibromyalgia,) which cause chronic fatigue, and allergic conditions. I am in chronic pain due to my medical conditions.
Rates of pay: £15 per hour employed rate.
If you are self-employed, please state your rates on application, and confirm that, if successful, you would be able to provide proofs of Unique Tax Reference Number, Public Liability Insurance, and your terms and conditions.
Hours: 3 fixed hours p/w, ideally on weekends. There are also some additional back hours to use up on Thursdays. Please mention when you are available when applying. Priority will be given to PAs with weekend availability, but PAs with availability any days between Thursday and Sunday will be considered.
Please note:
This role does not involve live-in or overnight support.
I am not a wheelchair user.
About me: I love nature, walks in it, foraging, when well enough. I also enjoy audiobooks, and board games.
Support tasks:
- Simple food prep, and cooking.
- Light housework, laundry
- Support with admin.
- Help sometimes with running baths, but no help beyond that needed with bathing or showering
- Help with lacing shoes or boots.
- Support with physiotherapy exercises.
-Help with social activities, including walks / drives / getting out to engage with hobbies, and into community, e.g. to LGBT community groups, or a 40 somethings social group. Or when not well enough, sitting and playing board games / cards.
- Have an understanding that when I’m not feeling well enough to carry out any activities, to support with other duties whilst I rest.
-These duties may vary day-to-day.
Ideal Candidate:
- Must be warm, open-minded, patient, organised, a good communicator, a good listener, able to take guidance, a good timekeeper, self-motivated.
- Must be understanding of the need to be scent-free whilst in the role, due to my allergic conditions.
- Must be a non smoker / vaper
- Must be masked when indoors with me due to my health conditions.
- Will be comfortable with animals.
- Must hold a full UK driving license
- Car, registered for business use, appropriate insurance
- Must maintain the confidentiality of confidential information
- Must be good at building relationships
- Must be practical
- First aid training is desirable but not essential.
- 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
If you would like to apply for this role, please send your CV and covering letter detailing your suitability for the role to [email protected]
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £15.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
