Personal Assistant – Hurstpierpoint and Brighton
Ref: DP7940
Location: Hassocks
Details
This role is to support a Man
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Employment status:
employed or self-employed
Hours per week:
Up to 14 hours a week. Preferably Tuesdays and Fridays.
Hourly pay rate:
£15.
K is a quiet 24 year old man with Down Syndrome. He loves playing table Tennis at Brighton Table Tennis Club. This is his main escape from the house and it is where he socialises and keeps fit and healthy. He also goes to fitness classes in Hove. He loves bowling, crazy golf, going to the cinema and eating out. Kane loves Brighton!
K is slowly becoming more independent but cannot travel on his own. He needs someone to support him with simple things like communicating, counting money, tying shoe laces and doing up buttons and zips. He needs help with shopping and training to use public transport and cooking a meal.
K is fun to be around, very well mannered and polite. Ideally he would love someone he can play table tennis, socialise and build a friendship with. K can be very quiet and shy and does not communicate clearly so needs help to be understood but also encouraged to speak up for himself.
Duties include:
Candidate qualities:
If you are a kind, fun, sociable, energetic and a young minded person who doesn’t mind driving/travelling from Hurstpierpoint to Brighton twice a week then you could be the perfect assistant for K.
Additional requirements
Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours, Vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission
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
