Details
This role is to support a Man
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Hours per week:
Eventually UP TO 8 hours per week Days/Times: Thursdays 10am-4pm Hours of
work to be built up gradually.
Hourly pay rate:
£14.00 per hour
I am looking to employ someone to accompany my elderly husband, who has
been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, to safely access his local community.
This will sometimes be walking with him and other times driving him in your own
vehicle.
He has good and bad days depending on how his disabilities are affecting him, so
the support required can vary.
He is able to access his local community without the use of walking aids but is no
longer safe to go out on his own.
As my husband values his independence, the relationship between him and a PA
would partly be based on a type of buddy/friend arrangement.
He enjoys going to his local café and looking in shops but can sometimes become
disorientated and forget where he is going or take a wrong turn on the way home.
He enjoys walking around the local pond and is very knowledgeable on wildlife.
The PA will be required to build up a rapport with my husband before venturing
into the local community.
His condition can mean that he is not always too aware of general day to day
dangers
My own health conditions prevent me from supporting my husband as much as I
used to or would like to.
Duties include:
Transportation
Companionship
Assisting customer to safely access their local community.
Candidate qualities:
Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
Able to tolerate the employer smoking in the workplace
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
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
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.
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