Social Support Assistant
Ref: MP7728
Location: Horsham
Details
This role is to support a Child
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Employment status:
Hours per week:
5.5 hours Every 4 Weeks
Hourly pay rate:
£11.50 per hour
I am looking to employ a PA to work with my 12-year-old daughter and assist her in accessing the local community.
She enjoys activities such as: cinema, arts & craft, crazy golf, coffee & cake, lunch and theme parks.
The role will involve assisting her to access these activities and to suggest new activities to try.
To assist in developing her social and interactive skills.
Accompany her to activities that will support her learning and ability to express her individuality.
To enable and encourage her to make choices and build up her self-confidence.
Support to develop her understanding of road safety and stranger danger.
You may be required to push customer in her wheelchair for longer distances.
To provide the family with a few hours respite each week while the two of you are out and about.
Car owner essential.
Duties include:
- Occasional support with personal care, but this is not a regular task
- Encourage to make choices
- Improve social skills
- Improve road/safety awareness skills
Candidate qualities:
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 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
