Personal Assistant
Ref: DP1469
Location: Worthing
Details This role is to support a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: Yes
Employment status: employed
Hours per week: Tuesday: 7.15am-8.30am Wednesday: 7.15am-8.30am Friday: 7.15am-8pm Saturday: 7.15am-8pm (1 in 4) You would also need to have flexibility to work additional shifts in the week and at weekends when needed to cover other PA sickness and holidays. Some sleeping nights to cover holiday and sickness will also be required. Most shifts are worked on a 2:1 basis.
Hourly pay rate: Daytime £15 per hour
I am a 21-year-old young lady who is looking for a PA to come and join my fabulous team. Do you love the colour pink? I do! I have a pink wheelchair, pink sling, pink boots and lots of pink clothes! Do you love going to the theatre? I do! Especially to see a good musical where there is just so much to watch, listen to and sing along with! I also love swimming….but I might splash you! I enjoy cooking….but you might get covered in flour! I just enjoy having lots of fun but I can’t do any of these things on my own and am looking for another PA who likes fun too so that we can get up to lots of mischief together! You will need to be happy to drive my wheelchair accessible vehicle, but don’t worry, it’s not one of those huge ones! I do have quite a lot of medical “stuff” that I will also need your help with but don’t let that scare you – we will get you fully trained up in all of my needs. So….if you are a happy, engaging person who is looking for a job where you will go home at the end of a shift feeling fulfilled and like you have really made a difference in someone’s life then I would love to meet you!
Description: Hello! My daughter is a happy individual who has a small, highly supportive team of PAs who help her with all aspects of daily living. She enjoys being “out and about” and has a full timetable of varied and fun activities including swimming, trampoline sessions, cooking, music therapy, cycling, theatre, cinema, drama, gym, physio, bowling, days out, walks along the beach…… It is exhausting just reading about what she gets up to and has a far more exciting social life than anyone else, I know! She also loves to be a “young lady that lunches” and if you take her out for an ice-cream or a hot chocolate (depending on the season!) she will become your new best friend! 2/3 Her PAs, with whom she has built up very close relationships, also help her with her personal care in the mornings and evenings and throughout the day. They have each developed a close relationship with her, and they have lots of fun together. If you are looking for a care role which will involve lots of fun and laughter, you might be just the additional team member we are looking for!! Please feel free to get in contact so that we can see if we might be a good fit for each other.
Duties include:
Domestic:
At mealtimes -ensuring food is the correct temperature / assistance to eat / giving oral medication
Personal Care:
Dressing and undressing.
Brushing hair.
Washing and cleaning teeth.
Showering / drying / drying hair.
Hoisting in and out of wheelchair and bed.
Hoisting in and out of toilet chair.
Performing Peristeen bowel washouts.
Catheterising through a Mitroffanoff.
Administering fluids through a Mini button gastrostomy using a syringe and feeding pump.
Cleaning of Mini button gastrostomy.
Administering medication including emergency medication for seizures.
Social:
Taking our daughter out to access activities in the community. This would involve driving the employer’s wheelchair accessible vehicle and pushing the wheelchair.
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
Creative
Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
Full of enthusiasm with a good sense of humour
Additional requirements
Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours
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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