Job Title: Personal Assistant

Location: Crawley

Hourly rate: £12.00

Reference: LR 7715

Hours/shifts: 11 hours a week term time (4 hours one afternoon a week and 7 hours at the weekend) plus additional 3 hours a week in school holidays (actual day and shift times by mutual agreement)

Summary

• Our teenage son has severe learning difficulties, hearing loss, epilepsy and reflux due to his Pallister-Killian syndrome

• English is not our first language, and we speak Polish at home.

• Our son enjoys sensory activities such as lights, hydrotherapy, music and trampoline classes. He is non verbal, engaging through eye contact.

• We are looking for a vigilant PA to engage our son in activities he enjoys in the home and in the community, keeping him safe .

• Duties include personal care with manual handling.

• This is a rewarding role with training provided.

Other Requirements

• Must be comfortable with dogs

•Non-smoker preferred or someone who is willing to refrain from smoking during work hours.

• Must have a UK driving licence

• Must have access to own vehicle

• Other :

All applicants must be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.

Description

Typical duties

Domestic -

Light domestic duties to ensure a hygienic environment and health and safety

Personal Care:

• Changing incontinence pads

• Changing bibs

• General hair/skin care

• Dressing and undressing/ Getting into bed

• Transferring with use of a hoist

• Helping with other aspects of personal care as required.

• Getting in and out of the wheelchair ('transferring')

• Mealtimes supporting feeding routine to prevent reflux.

• Physiotherapy exercises

Social:

Accompanying employer’s son on trips out to activities he enjoys eg, sensory room.

• Occasionally acting as an extra pair of hands on family days out.

• The above duties may involve driving the employer’s son in the PA’s car if suitable for which mileage of 35p per mile will be paid. If not then PA will drive employers accessible vehicle.

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Person specification

The successful applicant will be:

Respectful of the employer’s privacy and confidentiality

• Reliable with good time-keeping

• Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative

• Hygienic, tidy minded and well organised

• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties

• Patience and possess excellent interpersonal skills

• Honest and cheerful

• Creative

• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard

• Legally permitted to work in the United Kingdom

• Able to work at all times to high standards of Health & Safety

Previous experience preferred but this is not as essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles.

Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives