Personal Care Assistant

Job Ref: AD/LP | Permanent | Pymouth PL9 | Hourly Rate: £8.72 | Closing date Ongoing

Job Overview:

I am looking for one or more people to join my team of PAs. I have a rota of PAs and a timetable of activities. We all work together. My PAs support me to enable me to:

keep my flat clean and tidy, cook, do my washing, and supervise my personal care.
I have a busy life and do Acrylic and Watercolour painting classes, attend 3 drama groups, a community choir, Karaoke 1 night a week, pubs and dancing at the weekends, swimming twice a week and gym work outs 3 times a week. I love the theatre, especially musicals. I enjoy cooking and eating out. I like travelling by bus, train or car. I have a great sense of humour and love making jokes.

My team is awesome and I am looking for someone very special to join us.

Hours:

Various and flexible.
Saturdays and Sundays are currently available, plus some hours during the week.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Any other reasonable task to allow the service user to live independently

Essential requirements:
• Enhanced DBS required. Cost met by employer
• Legally entitled to work in the U.K

Desirable requirements:
• Experience in health & social care
• First Aid Certificate
• Work with Learning Difference and Autism
• A sense of humour, willingness to be active and join in
• Ability to cook

To Apply:

PLEASE INCLUDE JOB REF AD/LP IN APPLICATION

To apply for this post, please submit a CV, or letter providing your name, tel. number, address & email address, qualifications, employment history to date – including: name of employer, job title, employment start & end date - for up to past 10 years i.e. from 2010 to 2020 and a statement explaining why you are applying for this job.

Please email CV to [email protected]

If successful at interview an enhanced DBS check will take place. (Formerly CRB).  Employment is dependent upon a satisfactory enhanced DBS certificate.

You must evidence that you have the right to work in the UK [A current passport showing that you are a British citizen, or that you have the right of abode in the United Kingdom. A document showing that you are a national of a European Economic Area country* or Switzerland].

All interviews will be conducted in the location of the client.

As part of our Information Advice and Guidance Service Enham Trust supports disabled people to employ their own staff. This vacancy is not a role within Enham Trust but an excellent opportunity to work directly for one of our customers.