Overview
The role of a Personal Care Assistant (PA) is an extremely varied and interesting one from the basics of personal care (getting dressed, bathed and feeding meals, cooking and cleaning) to having a unique insight into an individual’s life and learning skills (from assisting someone at work or in social activities to assisting at a conference or demonstrating outside Parliament!). ILA also has vacancies supporting disabled people in their workplace by filing, scanning documents, taking notes, etc.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide personal care: dressing, bathing, feeding meals, cooking, cleaning.
* Assist with work tasks or social activities, including conferences and demonstrations outside Parliament.
* Support disabled people in their workplace by filing, scanning documents, taking notes, etc.
Benefits
* Salary starts from £12.21 per hour plus holiday and pension.
* Flexible working: choose when to work and decide between a flexible or fixed contract of employment.
* Free online training for The Care Certificate, First Aid, Health and Safety and Being a Personal Assistant – no DBS fee.
* Full training to work with each person that you assist.
Qualifications & Attributes
* Great communicator with excellent listening skills.
* Patience and ability to follow instructions of the disabled person.
* Willingness to learn new things and an open mind.
* Good relationships with disabled people; flexible and enjoy diversity of roles.
Additional Information
* Over 75% of ILA PAs stay for more than a year on their placement.
* "I've worked with ILA for 10 years now. I know the family and I am happy with the PA user; I like the mornings as we talk a lot and there are always interesting topics – I've learnt loads regarding disability and social services etc."
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