Support Worker/Personal Care Assistant BRR8444

Support Worker/Personal Care Assistant

Ref

BRR8444

Location

Crawley

Details

This role is to support a Child

Drivers licence required

Yes

Own vehicle needed

Yes

Employment status

employed

Hours per week

5-6 hours every other weekend 5-6 hours per week during school holidays

Hourly pay rate

£14.71

I am looking for a friendly, reliable, experienced Support Worker for my 9 year old son. He is kind, gentle, funny with a good sense of humour and a touch of cheekiness!

You would be required to support him in our home, including playing in the garden for short periods. He likes trampolining. He also enjoys his iPad, drawing, and sensory activities such as painting and using clay. Also to take him out for activities e.g. swimming, bowling, train journeys, theme parks, farms, soft play.

He struggles with food and eating. Support with tube feeding, toileting and changing his clothes will be required. Experience preferred but training/instruction will be provided. Driver with own car required. You must be able/willing to push and lift a manual wheelchair, although he is not big or heavy. You should also be comfortable with dogs.

Duties include

• Eating and drinking assistance
• Clinical tasks
• Other relevant duties as required
• Transportation
• Companionship
• Dressing / undressing
• Bathroom assistance
• Pushing manual wheelchair and lifting in/out of car

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
• Must be comfortable with pets
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

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.

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