C004 / Personal Assistant / £9.75 / 2 Vacancies / East Hull

Job description

Job details
Posting date: 17 November 2021
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 17 December 2021
Location: Hull, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Company: Choices and Rights Disability Coalition
Job type: Contract
Job reference: C004

Summary
The following vacancy is advertised directly by the disabled person/ representative who receives support from the Direct Payment Support Service. Successful applicants will be employed directly by the disabled person/representative not Choices and Rights. It is important to note Choices and Rights are acting on the employer's behalf and we cannot be held responsible for any actions arising out of your employment.

Please quote Ref: C004
Location: East Hull
Rate of pay: £9.75 per hour
Hours: Part time - 10 - 15hrs per week
Vacancies: 2

Further Information:
Two Health care Assistants/Personal assistant are required for a young woman in the East Hull area of the city. This young lady requires support with all aspects of her life and personal care. She lives with her parents. She uses a wheelchair at all times. She is peg fed and has epilepsy.
Duties would include all aspects of personal care, bathing, dressing, hoisting, peg feeding/medications, entertaining [very important!], domestic routines such as laundry/ironing and keeping her room clean and tidy. The appointed PA will also be required to support this young lady to medical appointments and to be a companion and facilitator for enjoying a variety of pastimes and outings.
They are looking for two female PA's to work as part of a team as this young lady needs two carers at a time due to hoisting, postural management and her complex care needs. Once fully trained you may at times be required to work alone.
Pre- COVID This young lady attended college two days a week. She loves going to the cinema, bowling, cycling at East Park, hydrotherapy sessions, and visiting cafes. She loves the outdoors if the weather is good.
Applicants must be prepared to assist with intimate personal care. They must also be able to handle the physical skills of lifting, pushing and bending. They do not have to be particularly physically strong to do this, technique is as important as physical strength.
Having a warm friendly disposition is a key requirement. Applicants should also have a genuine interest in working with disabled people, be honest and trustworthy, and have a confident nature with the ability to remain calm. In addition applicants should be good at communicating, and be able to build good relationships with people, based on trust and respect, confidentiality is paramount to this role.
The applicants must be flexible in their approach to work, willing to follow the directions of a disabled person and her parents, like a job that can be demanding but varied, and have a strongly developed sense of social justice in supporting the social inclusion of disabled people in their local communities.
Applicants will ideally have a full UK driving license with no endorsements but this is not essential.
Experience of Peg feeding, moving and handling, and epilepsy would be an advantage, although training can be provided to suitable applicants.
Recruitment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure and satisfactory reference.
Shifts will be varied, based on a weekly rota and extra hours may be available during holiday periods and for respite care.
Full PPE will be provided.
Applicants should quote reference number C004
"There is a genuine occupational requirement for a FEMALE worker, and therefore only applications from FEMALES will be considered*.
*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1)

How to Apply:
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Applications will be forwarded to the disabled person or their representative, they will then choose which candidates they wish to interview. They may contact you directly or ask their support worker to contact you and arrange a suitable date for an interview to take place.
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Posted by LB 07/09/2021