PA Required for Support Within the Home, Accessing the Community. AK-DCC-002.

Personal Assistant Required to Assist An Adult with Physical and Learning Disabilities, To Support Within the Home and Accessing the Community - 12.25 Hours Per Week - Willington - AK-DCC-002., A self employed (Would consider an employed PA but a self-employed PA is preferred) PA/Carer to provide consistent support for 12.25 hours on a Sunday, from 8.15am - 8.30pm.

We are looking for a PA who will be kind, caring, sociable, patient, proactive/self motivated, reliable, prompt and will have a good sense of humour.

Someone who will become a friend and build a relationship to understand my needs and I can learn about
them

The service user requires someone who will encourage independent tasks, such as helping with cooking and washing.

The service user will require help with personal care - toileting, bathing, washing.

Maintaining a clean and habitable home is important as the service user is unable to do this herself.

Medication prompting.

Appointment making and attendance.

Liaising with professionals such as NHS and social care.

Promoting visits into and out of the home.

Continuation of physio exercises provided by the physio who attends weekly.

How will the hours be used? 12.25 hours per day ideally on a Friday and Sunday but would consider a Saturday and Sunday or a Friday & Saturday. There could be some flexibility in the 12.25 hours per day if needed, this would be subject to agreement.

Roles and Responsibilities
Not exhaustive but includes the following:

- Support with all personal hygiene including bathing, toileting, teeth brushing, any washing

- Dressing and putting on ankle support/compression socks

- Assistance with all transfers

- Administering medication and keeping the MAR Chart up to date

- Preparing and cooking all meals and snacks and assisting me to support with tasks so that I can
contribute

- Meal planning, Food shopping, labelling of food and stock rotation, Supervision of eating & drinking

- Household duties including cleaning, laundry, putting out waste/emptying bins

- Taking me to activities in the village and further afield, including craft club, church coffee, mornings/lunches, church on a Sunday

- Taking me to any appointments either in my wheelchair if local or by wheelchair taxi if further afield and advocating for me if needed

- Assisting with activities in the home e.g. craft, baking, light gardening

- Assisting with physio exercises left by my physio and support with physio therapy if my physiotherapist visits the home

- Continual prompting as I tend to forget things very quickly e.g. to chew my food slowly

- Support making & taking phone calls and sometimes making these for me, and basic admin e.g. helping send emails

- Maintaining a detailed diary of activities/tasks undertaken