Hours: 10 hours per week, hours to be arranged with client and will include weekend work.
Rate: ÂŁ14.00 per hour
Base: Client’s home where she lives in Fenham, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Reporting to: Client.
JOB ROLE
To provide high quality support, domestic assistance, and companionship to me who suffers from adenomyosis, dilated cardiomyopathy, high blood pressure, suffering from stress and anxiety and going through an undiagnosed skin condition currently under skin specialists’ observation.
JOB SUMMARY
I am looking for someone friendly, honest, trustworthy, reliable, and easy to be around. You must be extremely reliable and be able to work flexible hours (sometimes at short notice) to always ensure my safety. To act as a highly professional, proactive, and safe carer and companion who will patiently and compassionately provide a range of social assistance, domestic duties, and companionship. The job involves cooking, cleaning, helping with bathing, changing clothes, pads, and bedding. I suffer from heavy monthly bleeding and during the first 10 to 12 days of my bleeding I will require a lot of physical support such as helping me to get out of bed, help me to get on and off toilet, and providing physical support during bath time involving lifting me in and out of a shower chair.
You must be willing to learn about your role as my assistant, be able to respect my privacy and dignity, understand and learn my preferences and support my choices. I will require support in every aspect of my daily life such as running my home, leisure activities, assistance with personal care tasks, mobility, and transfers. You must be able to always maintain confidentiality, in all areas of your work. It is important you are in good general health to perform this role.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Domestic Tasks
- You will be preparing my meals and drinks and support me to eat if required.
- Making and changing my bed.
- Domestic duties including, washing, ironing and general housework.
- Assistance with shopping.
- Assistance with ordering medication and medical supplies etc.
- Provide high quality support and companionship.
- Carry out light domestic duties including laundry and assistance in home care.
- Assist and accompany client in their chosen activities or appointments including shopping trips.
- Preparing meals.
- Administer prescribed oral medication ONLY when required and under instruction.
- Take full responsibility for the client’s wellbeing and safeguarding whilst in your care.
- Safely escort and enable the client to engage in and enjoy social and recreational activities. This will require accompanying the client to their chosen destinations if a car driver or accessing public transport.
- Maintain own and others health, safety, and security, including applying safe infection prevention and control measures.
- Always maintain confidentiality.
- Communicate effectively with the client, other members of his support team and others involved in his daily activities.
- Undergo relevant training as required.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST
- Respect privacy and maintain a constant professional approach.
- Apply confidentiality in all aspects of this role.
- Respect and accept family values, beliefs, and cultural values.
- Preserve dignity and support the client in maintaining as much independence as possible.
- Establish a close working relationship on a one-to-one basis and discuss and resolve any problems as they arise with the client and her support network.
- Be open in communication.
- Respect and take care with the client’s home, possessions, and equipment.
- Smoking is not permitted at any time whilst on duty – this includes when out on social excursions or in a car if you are a car driver.
- Alcohol and other mind-altering substances are prohibited before and during any shift.
- Maintain time sheets etc. keeping them complete and up to date.
- Arrive for work at the agreed time and telephone the client if you are going to be late or absent.
- Personal mobile phones should only be used in emergency situations when on duty.
- The client’s needs may vary daily and over time, therefore duties and tasks could alter accordingly and will be reviewed and amended periodically after discussion with the post holder.
There is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be male/female in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraphs 1 – 4.
This vacancy will close as soon as a suitable candidate is appointed.
At the time of starting their employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the U.K.