Personal Assistant/ Care Worker
Published on by Self Directed Support ILA Forth Valley
Stirling, FK9
Job Description
Post: Personal Assistant/ Care Worker
Hours: Total support: 50 hours per week (shared across the team)
Includes: Day, overnight and weekend work.
Flexible rota across team members
Rate of Pay: £13.45 per hour
Description:
We are looking to build a small, reliable team of up to 4 Personal Care Assistants to support a 13-year-old boy in Stirlingshire with complex needs in a family home environment. This is a highly rewarding role for the right individuals who are committed, attentive, and genuinely caring.
Tasks will include:
- Personal care and daily support
- Support Feeding via gastrostomy (training provided)
- Monitoring comfort, positioning, and wellbeing
- Recognising signs of distress (e.g. seizures, discomfort)
- Following detailed care routines exactly as instructed
- Maintaining a calm, safe, and positive environment
- Accurate record keeping and communication
Essential Qualities:
- Physically capable of assisting with moving and handling (training provided)
- Loyal and trustworthy
- Honest and reliable
- Positive with a strong mental attitude
- Highly attentive to detail with the able to follow instructions precisely
- Excellent with timekeeping
- Eager to learn and develop skills
- Able to adapt to a child with very limited understanding and communication
Experience:
- Experience in care is beneficial but not essential
- Full training will be provided for the right candidates
Applicants must have membership of Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) or be willing to join this scheme.
This is not a skilled worker vacancy and does not offer sponsorship to work in the UK
This Job is advertised on behalf of an individual person and they will be the employer.
For an application form, please email info@sdsforthvalley.org, quoting reference LEIK001-0001