Personal Assistant
Ref: ES3332
Location: Bexhill-on-Sea
Details
This role is to support a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: Yes
Employment status: employed
Hours per week: One full-time or two part-time positions available. Must be available Mondays and Wednesdays. Up to 12-hour shifts. Start and finish times can be discussed at interview. Overtime opportunities.
Hourly pay rate: £16.05
If you are enthusiastic, motivated and are interested in working within a family home with a young woman who is amazing and who has a learning disability, autism, complex emotional needs and can display behaviours that challenge, we would like to hear from you.
You will be required to carry out duties involving supporting a young person and with all aspects of her daily life including personal care and accessing her local community. As a valued member of the team, we will provide you with the necessary training to ensure you are adequately prepared for the challenges of your role (includes some physical aggression) and given support and guidance.
The successful candidate will be caring, reliable, have a degree of fitness but most of committed to delivering the highest possible standard of care.
Please note we are located in an area not easily accessible via public transport, so applicants will need to be able to reliably commute to work via own transportation.
Duties include:
Supporting a young person and with all aspects of her daily life including personal care and accessing her local community.
Following a Positive Behaviour Support plan, to improve the quality of life for the young person.
Candidate qualities:
Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
Reliable with good timekeeping
Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
Hygienic, tidy and well organised
Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
Honest and cheerful
Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
Committed to delivering the highest possible standard of care
Caring
Team player
Notes: All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required. Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract. *Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9