Social Care Support Assistant

Ref: MP5592

Location: Littlehampton

Details

This role is to support a Woman

Drivers licence required: Yes

Employment status:

employed

Hours per week:

Variable hours/positions available on weekday Afternoons, evenings. Full or half days at weekends/weekend evenings. Exact days and times to be agreed with employer. *Please be prepared to work occasional bank holidays.

Hourly pay rate:

£16.00

I am seeking dedicated PAs to build a trusting relationship and communicate effectively with my daughter, a 30-year-old woman with non-verbal autism, a learning disability, sensory processing disorder, and complex needs.

Your role will focus on understanding and supporting her to lead a purposeful and fulfilling life, always keeping her best interests at heart.

The work will take place in the family home and in the community.

This would be a very rewarding role for the right person. Could this be you?

About my daughter

She loves the outdoors and staying active.

She enjoys activities like music, drumming, art, puzzle games, walking, climbing, surfing, skateboarding, cycling, table tennis, and marble runs.

Her disability affects all aspects of her life, requiring constant assistance and regular prompts.

Despite the challenges, she is a generally happy and cheeky character who loves to laugh.

Duties include:

  • Medication prompting/administering
  • Personal grooming
  • Eating and drinking assistance
  • Other relevant duties as required
  • Cooking
  • Transportation
  • Companionship
  • Dressing / undressing
  • Bathroom assistance

Employee Duties:

  • Confident driver with a clean driving license
  • Willing to drive a Motability car
  • Confident navigator in all situations (car and walking)
  • Understanding of an individual’s complex sensory and communication needs
  • Ability to connect, interact, and build a meaningful, trusting relationship
  • Willingness to find numerous ways to communicate
  • Provide personal care throughout the day
  • Stay alert to foresee possible stressors and dangers
  • Think for the individual and always stay attentive to needs
  • Good level of strength and fitness required
  • Prompt and physical assistance always required
  • Intensive interaction
  • Food prep, assistance around meals, and hydration monitoring throughout the day
  • Allergy awareness (training can be provided)
  • Respectful of the privacy of the individual and family
  • Ability to administer medication

Desirable Requirements:

  • First Aid & Epi pen trained
  • Coeliac awareness
  • Awareness of Autism
  • Instructing/Sports qualification
  • Food hygiene qualification

Candidate qualities:

  • Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
  • Reliable with good timekeeping
  • Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
  • Hygienic, tidy and well organised
  • Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
  • Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
  • Honest and cheerful
  • Creative
  • Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
  • Must be comfortable with pets
  • Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

  • Active, creative, fun, and caring individual
  • Very good sense of humour
  • Good problem solver and imaginative thinker
  • Ability to stay calm in challenging situations
  • Ability to think independently and adapt quickly
  • Variety of hobbies, skills, and interests (e.g., music, drumming, art, puzzle games, walking, climbing, surfing, skateboarding, cycling, table tennis, marble runs)
  • Keen to learn
  • Ability to look at and find the positives
  • Curious, not judgmental

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

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