PA for a teenager - 4 Hours Per Week @ £12.40 P/Hr - LS8 - Leeds
Job title:
Personal Assistant (PA)
Reporting to:
Myassar
Location:
Gipton
Job purpose:
To assist with a variety of tasks which will enable the employer/person who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.
About the employer:
Service User is a 15-year-old boy. He's very social and likes to chat about what happened during his day at school. He enjoys fast cars, buses, and school. His hobbies include watching fast cars on TV, playing on his tablet, and going for drives in the car or bus. He has a pet lovebird that he cares for very much.
Service User requires support with simple tasks such as hygiene and feeding. He has a right arm amputation and his left arm is in a cast. He has congenital insensitivity to pain (hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 4), issues with temperature control, and a mild learning disability. Following hip surgery, he lost the ability to walk and uses a wheelchair. He often stays in the hospital as an inpatient and needs someone to stay with him during the day or night.
Main duties:
1. Personal care and hygiene, including support using the toilet.
2. Accessing social activities.
3. Feeding.
4. Performing exercises/physiotherapy.
Type of person that you are looking for:
We are looking for someone who is honest, reliable, understanding, punctual, respectful, non-judgmental, and able to build good relationships based on trust and respect. The ideal candidate should be flexible, adaptable, easy-going, positive, willing to travel, and have a good sense of humor. An understanding of Ahmad's condition is essential.
We welcome applications from both female and male candidates.
Skills, qualifications, and experience:
* Nursing qualification.
* Confidentiality.
* Good at building relationships.
* Good communicator.
* Likes birds.
* A good listener.
* Time management.
* Patience.
* Respect for people's dignity.
* Ability to support people with challenging behaviors.
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