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Islington Direct Payments Team

Posted

22 days ago

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Personal Assistant/Carer required urgently

Seeking a reliable, vigilant, trustworthy, energetic, down-to-earth and caring personal assistant for a visually impaired elderly woman.

She also has poor mobility (due to severe arthritis in the knees and neck).

£13.15 P/H

18.5 hours a week.

Mon: 10 -2 (4 hours)

Tues: 9 - 2 (4 hours)

Wed: 10 - 2. (4hours)

Thurs: 8-10 (2 hours) (Must be from 8am or 9am) Can make it 3 hours if 2 is inconvenient. Then Friday would be 3.5 hours.

Fri : 10 - 2:30pm (4.5 hours)

Family can make small adjustments if needed, Thursdays must be from 8am or 9am - as Ms Kabba-Selle has her weekly leg ulcer appointments then.

Duties include:

- Cleaning house (daily hoover, mop and cleaning surfaces), Kitchen, toilet, bathroom, her bedroom, living room & landing - As she is visually impaired, she often makes a mess without realising).

- Administering her medication daily with a meal.

- Preparing/cooking healthy meals.

- Laundry (Every other day).

- Operating the smart tv and putting on her favourite youtube shows.

- Buying groceries from nearby supermarkets when needed.

- Emotional care (Friendly chats/ being a companion).

- Assisting with short 15 min exercise on her pedal machine daily.

- Taking her (and bringing her back) to any medical appointments that she

may have via Uber/cab.

- Taking her to her GP for frequent monthly health check-ups (blood tests,

blood pressure etc).

- Assisting her with picking up incoming calls on her mobile, making phone

calls & reading messages/playing voice notes.

- Doing any online shopping using apps on iphone.

- Checking her account balance using banking app on her iphone.

- Reading her letters & filing them in the folder.

- Query any letters that aren’t understood by phone or email (e.g. council tax,

Thames water etc.) being a strong advocate for her when adequate service

being provided.

- Filling in forms when needed.

- Keeping her in the know of any supportive grant schemes she could sign up to.

- Making phone calls to the housing association to report any repairs.

- Withdrawing money for her when she needs to.

- Personal care

- Assistance with getting dressed.

- Help with getting in the shower

- Help with putting on pressure socks (as she gets re-occurring leg ulcers).

. Light rub/massage of feet & shoulders with heat rub.

- Taking her or signing her up to any visually impaired friendly; social or

leisure activities.

A satisfactory DBS check and good references are essential to this post.

This post is open to female candidates only, under the Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9 Sections 39 and 40.

Please note: the successful applicant will be employed directly by the client and not by Islington council.

location

Islington, London