A Star Care is recruiting a reliable and respectful Live-In Personal Assistant / Complex Care Support Worker to support a university student with a complex physical disability to live independently in central Leeds.

This is a rota-based live-in assignment. The successful worker will provide planned daytime support and agreed sleep-in cover while receiving appropriate breaks and rest periods.

Key responsibilities
• Provide dignified personal care, including support with bathing, dressing and continence needs.
• Support safe transfers and mobility using fixed and mobile hoisting equipment in line with the care plan and training.
• Prepare meals, complete light domestic tasks and assist with everyday routines.
• Enable access to university, social, sporting and community activities while promoting choice and independence.
• Drive a large automatic wheelchair-accessible vehicle safely.
• Accompany occasional travel and overnight stays in North Yorkshire and elsewhere in the UK; overseas travel may be offered by prior agreement.

Essential requirements
• Previous professional experience providing personal care and moving-and-handling support.
• Full, clean UK driving licence and confidence driving a large automatic vehicle.
• Able to work a live-in rota and travel or stay away when agreed.
• Respectful of privacy, dignity, personal boundaries and independent decision-making.
• Right to work in the UK, satisfactory employment references and an Enhanced DBS check, or willingness to complete one.

Desirable experience
• Supporting adults with complex physical disabilities or reduced mobility.
• Live-in care, hoisting, wheelchair support or supporting a young adult in education.

Pay and benefits
• £1,000 gross per seven-day live-in placement week.
• Live-in accommodation is provided.
• Approved work-related travel expenses.
• Statutory employment entitlements apply.

Start date: 20 September 2026.

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