Female Live-in Carer / PA – Battersea SW11 | SCI Support | £152.18/day

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Are you a compassionate, confident and proactive Live-in Carer / Personal Assistant looking for a meaningful role where personality fit really matters? Join Paragon Home Healthcare and support a young woman living with a spinal cord injury following a spinal stroke in her beautiful apartment in Battersea, London SW11. We are recruiting female applicants only for this role due to the nature of the client’s intimate personal care requirements. This is considered an occupational requirement and is assessed in line with the Equality Act 2010.

This is a highly personal live-in role for someone who can provide safe, skilled care while also bringing a discreet, positive and PA-style approach. The client is young and wants support that feels dignified, empowering and natural — not overly clinical or institutional. You’ll be supporting with her daily routine, personal care, bowel care, hoisting, moving and handling, grooming, and general day-to-day assistance, while helping her maintain her independence, confidence and lifestyle. Over time, the client is also keen to travel and get out more, so this role would suit someone flexible, open-minded and happy to support outings, trips and time away from home where agreed.

Full training is provided, with ongoing support from our experienced nurse-led clinical and care team.

About The Client: Our client is a young woman in her mid-20s living in Battersea, London SW11 with her fiancé. She has a high spinal cord injury, approximately C3–T6, following a spinal stroke. She is tetraplegic and has some partial movement, including movement in her left big toe and some right-hand movement. She is looking for someone who can support her safely while helping her continue to feel like herself. This role would suit someone warm, polished, respectful and naturally encouraging — someone who understands that this is not just about care tasks, but about dignity, routine, confidence, lifestyle and quality of life.

The right person may have an interest in hair, make-up, fitness, healthy living, fashion, lifestyle or similar, and be comfortable supporting a young woman with getting ready, feeling confident and living as normally as possible. This is very much a Live-in PA / Carer role rather than a traditional “carer-only” position.

Location & Travel: Location: Battersea, London SW11. Driving: Not required and no parking available. Pets: No pets in the home. Travel: The client would like to travel over time, so applicants should be comfortable supporting trips, outings and time away from home where agreed as part of the role.

Pay, Hours & Rewards: Job type: Live-in care. Pay: £152.18 per day. Bonus: Up to £400 joining and training bonus (£150 paid with your first salary, £250 paid after successful probation). Rota: Likely 2 weeks on / 2 weeks off, subject to the final package requirements. The package is expected to include additional daily care visits alongside the live-in support, and the live-in carer will have a 2-hour daily break.

Main Responsibilities:

• Morning routine and getting ready for the day
• Personal care, delivered with dignity and sensitivity
• Bowel care
• Hoisting, transfers and moving and handling
• Dressing, grooming, hair and make-up support
• Acting as the client’s “limbs” while promoting choice and independence
• Supporting daily routine, wellbeing and confidence
• General PA-style support around the home
• Supporting outings, appointments and future travel where required
• Helping maintain a calm, organised and respectful environment
• Communicating effectively and maintaining care records
• Following the client’s care plan and agreed routines

What We’re Looking For:

• Female applicants only, due to the nature of intimate personal care requirements. This is an occupational requirement assessed in line with the Equality Act 2010
• Warm, discreet, respectful and reliable
• Confident supporting with personal care
• Comfortable with moving and handling and hoisting, or willing to complete training
• Able to support a young adult in a dignified and empowering way
• Positive, polished and naturally encouraging
• Interested in lifestyle, hair, make-up, fitness, healthy living or similar
• Comfortable working in a live-in care role
• Open to supporting outings, travel and time away from home where required
• Good communicators who can build trust and rapport
• Able to follow care plans, routines and clinical guidance

Experience in care is preferred. Experience with spinal cord injury is beneficial, but full training will be provided.

Training & Ongoing Support: Paragon is a specialist provider of spinal cord injury and complex care. You’ll receive full training before you start, alongside ongoing clinical guidance and support from our nurse-led team. We will make sure you feel confident with the client’s care needs, routines, moving and handling, bowel care and safe support.

Additional Benefits: Competitive Pay Rates, Double Pay on Christmas Day, 24/7 Nurse-Led Clinical Support, Career Development Opportunities, £250 Refer-a-Friend Bonus, Cycle to Work Scheme, Award-Winning Employer, Paid Training from a Trusted Specialist Provider.

Requirements To Work With Us: Right to work in the UK, Enhanced DBS check, or willingness to obtain one, References, Commitment to safe, person-centred care.

At Paragon, we put people first — both our clients and our carers. We’re a professional, innovative and supportive care provider delivering high-quality, person-centred care across the UK. We specialise in complex care, particularly spinal cord injury, and are proud to build packages that focus on independence, quality of life and long-term outcomes. Paragon Home Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer. Occupational requirements are assessed on a case-by-case basis in line with the Equality Act 2010.