Personal care assistant - united kingdom, chichester, west sussex

job title: personal care assistant

location: lavant

hourly rate: monday to friday - £10.00 per hour

saturday and sunday - £12.00 per hour

reference: tm7524

hours/shifts: every other saturday 10am - 3pm

friday – 2pm -6pm (collect from chichester and drop home to lavant at 6pm)

additional hours available by mutual agreement.

extra hours available during school holidays

summary

• my 7 almost 8 year son is looking for a personal assistant to support him to enjoy fun and leisure activities. this support also provides me with respite from my caring role.

• my son is non verbal, autistic and has a learning disability.

• any successful personal care assistant will need to have patience and be willing to try and understand my son and his non verbal cues.

• he is generally a really happy and smiley child who loves activities such as swimming, soft play and going to the park.

• the personal care assistant working with my son will need to be happy to change nappies and prompt/supervises with meals and drinking.

• i require a driver with their own car so that a variety of fun and interesting actives can be accessed

other requirements

• must be comfortable with pets – two house rabbits

• someone who is willing to refrain from smoking during work hours.

• must have a uk driving licence

• must have access to own vehicle

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 -

occasionally you may be required to support my son in our home environment. you would be required to carry out any domestic tasks associated with the care and wellbeing of my son for example.

making/preparing drinks/snacks/meals

tidying up after self

tidying up after activities within he home

personal care:

• occasional support within the home environment which could involve assisting with the bedtime routine.

• washing and bathing/showering – towelling dry/ drying hair

• supervision and/or assistance with showering, drying, hair washing/ brushing as required

• help getting into and out of bath/shower as required

• changing nappies

• dressing and undressing/ helping with buttons and fastenings

• helping with other aspects of personal care as required, for example assisting child to get changed at swimming pool/gym.

• mealtimes e.g. prompting to eat

social:

• looking after and caring for the child when accessing fun and leisure activities such as; swimming, visiting the park, soft play.

• looking after and caring for the child when out on days out to places like; fisher’s farm

• the above duties will involve driving the child in the pa’s car, lifting the folding pushchair /out of car, pushing the pushchair when out.

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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

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