2.1.1 Think about your role,what are your duties and responsibilities?
Duties:
To me the main duty of Personal Assistant is to facilitate a service user to lead life in the way they want to,to enjoy independence and freedom of choice.
When I'm working with the client and helping him with personal care,I'm always follow service user plan. This include:
assistance with washing,bathing,changing,dressing helping in and out of bed/wheelchair full toileting,bowel and bladder routine assistance with personal grooming,hair care,feet,eyes etc.
General domestic duties: laundry,washing and ironing shopping cooking and serving meals (feeding the client) housework such as dusting,vacuuming simple maintenance of wheelchair, a car and other equipment.
Helping with day-to-day activities such as: making drinks assistance with correspondence moving things in the home driving daily and holiday escort assistance care of pets.
Responsibilities:
My responsibilities as a personal care assistant are:
to make sure I work with service user in a way that promotes their equality,diversity and rights respect for client confidentiality and discretion at all times assist client to fulfil activities of daily living e.g. working,leisure,education assist with medications as prescribed by medical team promote,monitor and maintain health and safety and security in the workplace contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse to make sure I'm reporting and recording as per company procedure to make sure I'm following to company policies and procedures at all times develop my own abilities to enhance work performance.
Research Project
As a PA, you work within government guidelines. Research your Code of Practice, and write about how you ensure you work within these guidelines in your