Ref: MP3002
Location: Billingshurst
Details
This role is to support a Man
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Hours per week:
10 hours per week. Hours to be worked on Tuesday, Friday and one day over the
weekend. Exact times to be agreed with employer.
I’m a 20 yr. old man with Autism & Learning needs living with my parents, my two
sisters and our dogs in a remote area near Billingshurst.
I am looking for a PA to assist me to access my local community, attend exercise
and activities I enjoy and to promote my independence.
I am a very sociable and easy-going person and love cinema, swimming, shopping
and Sonic the Hedgehog.
I also like helping people so would love it if you could help me to find somewhere I
could volunteer for a few hours each week.
I get anxious in large crowds and queues, and I don’t like unpredictable sounds,
they make me nervous.
On Mon, Wed & Thurs I attend Brinsbury College to study Animal Care.
Duties include:
Other relevant duties as required
Shopping
Transportation
Accompany me to access my local community using your own vehicle
Encourage me to improve my social skills and improve my independence
Assist me to attend exercise-based activities I enjoy such as swimming and
walking, also to accompany me to the cinema and shopping
Encourage me to keep in contact with my friends and to feel more
comfortable using my mobile
Walk my dogs with me in the fields around my house
Help to improve social and community related skills
Candidate qualities:
Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
Reliable and clear headed
Organised, creative & resourceful
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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