Personal Assistant Ref: DP6011 Location: Worthing Details This role is to support a Child The candidate should be a woman* Drivers licence required: Yes Own vehicle needed: Yes Hours per week: 7-10 hours weekly with additional hours in school holidays (Times TBC) Hourly pay rate: Meets National Minimum Wage - PA required for a chatty, people-loving, autistic 16 year old who currently attends college part time. The PA would support her to stay focused on journeys and at sport or other activities and would help her gain skills to manage her own time, her own tasks, her own safety, social life, and home environment. Personal qualities - This role would suit a lively, confident and patient person with a clear voice and has experience of supporting children with social and communication needs - in a professional or personal capacity. If you’re creative and, or musical, like she is, that would be a bonus. Duties include: - Other relevant duties as required - Transportation - Companionship Candidate qualities: - Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality - Reliable with good timekeeping - Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties - Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills - Honest and cheerful - Creative - Able to always work to high standards of health & safety - Flexible - Reliable - Caring Additional requirements Non-smoker due to medical reasons 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. 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. Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .