Personal Assistant for a child Ref: CZ8505 Location: Crawley This role is to support a Child Drivers licence required: Yes Own vehicle needed: Yes Employment status: employed Hours per week: 2 hrs after school, ideally a Weds or Thurs and more hours available during school holidays Hourly pay rate: £13.50 We are looking for a fun and enthusiastic person to support our 8 year old son. He loves sensory and messy play and is really into dinosaurs and puzzles too. Ideally the support would be for a couple of hours after school and extra hours during the holidays. If this seems like a fun role then please apply. Duties include: - Other relevant duties as required - Transportation - Supporting to go out and about to participate in fun activities. Candidate qualities: - Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality - Able to tolerate the employer smoking in the workplace - 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 - Able to always work to high standards of health & safety 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 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 .