Caring Personal Assistant Wanted
Ref: DP2212
Location: Horsham
Details
This role is to support a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Hours per week:
Flexible/ad hoc hours Please apply with your availability.
Hourly pay rate:
£12.71 per hour
I am looking for a caring, reliable and enthusiastic Personal Assistant to support my adult daughter, who is friendly, happy and loves socialising and trying new activities.
My daughter has learning difficulties and is blind. She cannot swallow and has a PEG tube. She requires constant supervision but enjoys being as independent as possible and taking part in activities.
The role involves supporting her at a day centre, at home and in the community. This includes being her sighted guide, helping with walks and activities, personal care and, when required, administering tube feeds and helping her practise Braille. Full training will be provided.
Hours
At present, I am looking for someone who can work Saturday mornings and/or weekday evenings. The evenings may vary from week to week, so flexibility is important.
There may also be occasional opportunities to provide extra cover for PA holidays and sickness at different times. There is potential for more regular hours in the future as additional hours become available.
Please apply with details of your availability.
Please note: Tube feeding will only be required during Saturday morning or lunchtime shifts, not during evening shifts.
A full driving licence and access to a car are essential, as you will need to be willing and insured to transport my daughter to activities in your own vehicle.
Duties include:
- Assisting with shopping – helping navigate the shop and find things to purchase.
- Assist to apply lip and eye cream.
- Assist to use the toilet.
- Assist with care of the tube for feeding,
- Setting up/down tube feeding.
- Administer medication via the PEG tube.
- Assist my daughter to clean up if she has an accident going to the toilet – on occasions only.
- To act as sighted guide and maintained safety at all times.
- Accompany on trips out e.g. going for a walk round Southwater Park, having a coffee out, spending time listening to music, reading her braille, or doing some sort of puzzle, craft activity, etc.
- Engage and assist my daughter to fully take part in Group activities.
- Find activities that are fun and creative and keep my daughter engaged and interested in them.
- Find out what social opportunities are available locally e.g. social club clubs and courses that would interest and help my daughter plan some of these activities.
- Occasionally of an evening to sit which would involve putting my daughter to bed, put a pad on her, her face mask and switch on her breathing machine – full training would be given for this also.
Candidate qualities:
- Have own car covered for business use.
- Be self-motivated.
- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard so that you can assist with braille words.
- Be able to learn the needs of a disabled person with learning difficulties and visual problems.
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. If the role is offered on a self-employed basis, you will be responsible for the cost of your own DBS check.
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.
Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.
*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
