Personal Assistant- new rates of pay
Ref: CC554
Location: South Croydon
Details
I am looking for personal care for a Man
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Hours per week:
Minimum of 10 hours a week available. Potential for more and holiday cover
Hourly pay rate:
£13.82 and £20.73 on Bank holidays
We are looking for a carer for our 31 year old son with various difficulties including ASD, epilepsy and challenging behaviours. The carers responsibilities would be mostly centred about being a friend for him as he doesn’t fully have the capacity to understand someone being his carer, but also to perform typical tasks for someone with difficulties such as his including personal care, toileting, home tasks (inc.laundry), assistance with dressing, getting in and out the vehicle etc. (all to be gone through in detail).
We are mostly looking for weekend carers (12-10pm shift) but also we are looking for some potential day shifts (12-3pm) and evenings (6-9pm) and there is also some holiday cover available.
His main hobby centres around walking his dog so we need someone who is a keen walker and happy to be outdoors (regardless of weather) and also needs to be very comfortable with dogs (his own and others in public).
If you think this is something you might be interested in, we can arrange a date to discuss some of the finer details around his disability. His needs can be complex so it’s best to be discussed as our main priority to making sure the relationship is a good fit. If we both feel there’s a potential we can look at the next steps of introductions.
Candidates must have a Full UK licence and ability to travel to various locations.
Duties include:
Laundry
Cleaning
Personal Care
Candidate qualities:
We need someone who is extremely patient, has a sense of humour and can be sensitive to his change in moods. Must be comfortable with dogs and interacting with others in public with dogs.
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 employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives. Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.
*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
