Calm, Kind PA Wanted to Support a Creative Teenager Ref: ES3359 Location: Heathfield 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: 8 hours per week (flexible) There will be hours during school holidays (flexible/TBD) Hourly pay rate: TBD - We are looking for a warm, patient and friendly PA to support a lovely 17-year-old girl to access the local community and at home. This is a rewarding role for someone who naturally brings a sense of calm and enjoys building a trusting, supportive relationship with a young person. Your role will involve picking her up from school during term time and either taking her back to your home, where her mum can collect her later, or accompanying her back to her family home. During this time, you’ll support her with day-to-day activities and help her feel comfortable, safe and settled. She has a range of interests and enjoys watching videos and accessing online media, doing jigsaw puzzles, drawing, and getting creative with arts and crafts. Sharing these activities with her and encouraging her interests will be an important and enjoyable part of the role. At times, she can feel overwhelmed or anxious, so it’s essential that you are able to recognise when this is happening and respond with patience, understanding and reassurance. Helping her with emotional regulation and providing a calm, steady presence will be key, as will creating an environment where she feels safe and supported. Her supervision and safety will always be the top priority. If you are a kind, observant and dependable person who enjoys supporting young people and making a positive difference in their daily lives, this role could be a great fit for you. - Duties include: - Other relevant duties as required - Medication prompting - Assist with things like washing her hands - Light assistance with dressing (e.g. putting shoes or jacket on) - Supervision and making sure she's safe - Help her when she's out accessing the community 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 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. 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. *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 .