Personal Assistant for lady in Thetford- 'waking nights', 2 nights per week @ £13 per hour

Job Purpose:
I am a friendly lady, with physical disabilities, who is seeking a compassionate and reliable night-time carer to support me in my home, for 2 nights per week. This role will include support with my nightly bedtime routine, repositioning throughout the night, and household tasks to maintain a safe and clean environment.

Location: Thetford

Details:
- Personal care: assisting with bathing and getting ready for bed.
- Safe transfers using a ceiling hoist.
- Turning and repositioning during the night for comfort and care.
- Household tasks such as washing up, laundry, ironing, and mopping floors (performed at night to ensure safety on wet floors).
- Making drinks and occasional food preparation.
- Medication Practice: administrating liquid medication.
- Occasional morning assistance for early appointments.

Person specification:
Listed below are the skills, competencies and qualities that are essential and desirable for the post. My assessment of these, both on application and at interview, will be the main factor in determining if you are successful. Please refer to these when submitting your application.

Essential:
- Friendly, caring and patient
- Punctual, reliable and trustworthy
- Good sense of humour
- Eager to learn and willing to take up training as required

 
Desirable:
- Full UK driving licence

Summary terms and conditions:
- The rate of pay for this position is: £13 per hour (waking night) and £11.68 per hour for any additional day time hours.
Hours and days of work:
- Two week rolling rota. Week 1: Wednesday & Thursday. Week 2: Saturday and Sunday.
- Additional hours available for holiday and sickness cover.
- Potential for more permanent hours in the future.

- The annual holiday entitlement for this position will be equivalent to the work I would normally expect to be done during 5.6 consecutive weeks (calculated based on annual hours worked).
- Free Care Skills training for all staff.
If this job requires any of the following: Manual Handling, Handling of hazardous chemicals (e.g. household cleaning products), Food handling. You will be required to undertake annual training.

The post is subject to the following:
- A satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which will be covered by the employer.
- Satisfactory references from two referees, one of which must be your current or last employer.
- Completion of a satisfactory probationary period.