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Independent Lives Ltd

Posted

18 days ago

description

Personal Assistant/Carer

Ref: AH115

Location: Thornton Heath

Details

This role is to support a Child

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Employment status: employed

Hours per week:

14 hours per week, ideally:

3 hours Thursday and Friday, 4 hours Saturday and Sunday

Times to be agreed.

Hourly pay rate: £13.15

This role is to assist my daughter while accessing the community and attending activities, ensuring she is safe near roads and when out and about. My daughter is friendly and sociable, she is lively but gentle and very kind. She likes like music, going to the park and ice-cream, she dislikes tidying her room, unfamiliar places and loud noises. A personal assistant who is female (due to personal care needs), calm, patient and gentle in their approach would be a good fit for our family.

Duties include:

Medication prompting/administering
Eating and drinking assistance
Cooking
Transportation
Companionship

Domestic tasks - assistance to:

Clean her room
Make her bed
Preparing drinks, snacks and meals.
Shopping

Personal care:

Supervision and/or assistance using the toilet
Assistance with medication i.e. helping to take tablets from foil/packets
Helping with other aspects of personal care as required, for example assisting to get changed in swimming pool/gym.
Getting in and out of the wheelchair ('transferring')
Mealtimes e.g. cutting up food, assistance to eat
Physiotherapy exercises

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
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

location

Thornton Heath, London