Personal Care Assistant
Ref: TM7524
Location: Chichester
Details
I am looking for personal care for a Child
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Hours per week:
evenings/weekends/school holidays (days/times flexible) Up to 5.5 hours per week
Hourly pay rate:
£13.00
My happy and smiley 8 year son is looking for a personal assistant to support him to enjoy fun and leisure activities.
Support is needed so that I can have respite from my caring role.
My son is non-verbal, autistic and has a learning disability.
Any successful personal care assistant will need to have patience and be willing to try and understand my son and his non-verbal cues.
My son loves activities such as swimming, soft play, visiting farms and going to the park.
I require a driver with their own car so that a variety of fun and interesting activities can be accessed.
Duties include:
Occasional support within the home environment which could involve assisting with the bedtime routine.
Occasionally you may be required to support my son in our home environment. You would be required to carry out any domestic tasks associated with the care and wellbeing of my son for example.
Making/preparing drinks/snacks/meals
Tidying up after self
Tidying up after activities within the home
Looking after and caring for the child when accessing fun and leisure activities such as; swimming, visiting the park, soft play.
Looking after and caring for the child when out on days out to places like; Fisher’s farm
The above duties will involve driving the child in the PA’s car, lifting the folding pushchair /out of car, pushing the pushchair when out.
Candidate qualities:
- Must be comfortable with pets – two house rabbits/two dogs
Additional requirements
Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours
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