Personal Assistant Required x3 – Glasgow

Female Personal Assistant required to assist a 66 year old lady with MS who has had a recent stroke, living in the Uddingston area.

You would be required to provide one to one care and assistance within their home, and in the community including attending to personal care and participation in social activities. Your duties would involve assisting with tasks such as:

•  Attending to all personal care needs; up and out of bed, showering, dressing, catheter care, getting ready for bed)
• Assisting with medication
• Preparing meals and healthy snacks, some help with eating
• Trips out and about, walking alongside motorized wheelchair, assisting with participation in activities such as shopping, out for food, to the theatre and cinema
• Moving and assisting – using tracking hoist
• Household shopping and collecting prescriptions
• Escorting to hospital appt.
• General housework
• Any other daily living tasks to promote independent living.

Favourite activities are cinema, theatre, listening to music, singing, having themed movie days, special days out

Must be able to work with birds nearby, in an a outside aviary

The PA should take a proactive and innovative approach to support and encourage individual to be involved in activities suited to their needs.

The most important qualities are a sense of humour, warm and friendly nature and a desire to work within a caring role.

Good interpersonal and communication skills are essential.

Driver with Full UK Automatic Driving Licence is essential and you will be required to drive an automatic mobility vehicle.

Experience is essential, and training will be provided.

Recruiting for 3 positions.

2 positions on a guaranteed permanent position of 18hrs per week

1 position for Maternity Leave cover, which is from 1st August to 1st April for 25 hours per week (Job open to new permanent applicants)

Flexible rota between 3 PAs, over 7 days, working occasional weekends.

Monday – Sunday: 9:30am – 2:30pm (between 3 PAs)

Evening support 9:30pm – 10:15pm (changing to nightclothes, settling in bed, empty catheter)

£12.60 per hour

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If you are selected for the next stage of the recruitment process a member of the Take Control Team will be in touch to arrange the next steps.

If you are successfully hired; you will be employed directly by a Private Employer and will be entitled to all statutory rights as set out by Employment Law such as paid holidays and statutory sick pay (where eligible).

For more information please contact:

Take Control (North Lanarkshire)

Tel: 01698 537 472

E: infonl@takectrl.org.uk