The candidate will be joining an established family type support team of carers consisting of individual Personal Assistants (PA) to a 45 year old autistic young lady with learning disabilities who resides in her own home and which will be your place of work and who enjoys having her own dedicated staff team.
Position advertised is for Employed status.
The role is very person centred with lone working.
Duties
Client requires full support with washing, dressing, attending to personal hygiene and toilet needs. Client walks independently. Client likes listening to music and watching TV/DVD's. She likes being read to and likes songs from her song book being sung to her. Client likes being given attention. She also likes doing puzzles, looking at magazines, walking and socialising with visits to local pubs and cafe's.
The role includes the support in identifying and engagement of new, meaningful and stimulating activities for the client within the local community.
To engage in as many different activities as she enjoys and to structure activities in which our client enjoys the most, within a weekly / monthly timetable.
To engage in social events / activities to enable her to spend social time with peers
Hours and Hourly rate:
Day Shift (09:00 – 22:00) £18.50 ph
Sleeping Night Shift (22:00 – 07:00) £16.00 ph
Shift lengths/patterns to be agreed.
Ideal Candidate
The candidate is required to be qualified and experienced in similar roles. Due to the nature of care the candidate is required to be female. Candidate will need to be a fully qualified driver and be active without health issues that are likely to affect the level of care that is required to be delivered.
Will reside locally but candidates within reasonable distance of clients home will be considered.
Essential Criteria:
Candidates must be :
Fully vaccinated.
Non-Smoker/ non-vaper.
Desirable:
Used to lone working.
Flexible.
Able to cook.
Committed to role.
Previous experience in a similar role would be a great advantage due to the lone working nature of the role.
To Apply:
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A right to work check will be undertaken before an any offer of employment. All vacancies may be subject to a DBS (formally CRB) check.
This post complies with section b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.
Job Types: Permanent, Part Time
COVID-19 considerations:
* Lateral Flow Test (LFT) required within 24 hours of shift commencing.
* Temperature check upon arrival.
* Increased anti-bacterial usage.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: Up to £18.50 per hour
Expected hours: 24 per week
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* On-site parking
Work Location: In person