Male Personal Assistant for Weekends
Ref: DP4974A
Location: Horsham
Details
This role is to support a Man
The candidate should be a man*
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Employment status:
Hours per week:
Saturdays once a fortnight during term time with alternative hours during school holidays a possibility
Hourly pay rate:
£12 per hour
Saturdays - Once a fortnight
(in term time with possibility of alternative school holiday hours)
Male Personal Assistant needed for weekend days out for autistic 18-year-old with learning disability. The young man is sociable and fun-loving and lives with his parents. He can also be cheeky and very strong-minded. He is autistic and has a severe learning disability and a speech and language disorder. Interests include bus and train rides, bowling and cinema trips. Other suggestions from PA encouraged.
Subject to DBS check. Non-smokers only. Car and clean driving license essential.
Employer has employers’ liability insurance.
Duties include:
Candidate qualities:
Ideal candidate will be friendly, kind, calm and flexible with a sense of humour and open mind. Personal care is involved. Experience or some understanding of additional needs/neurodiversity is essential.
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
