Female Personal Assistant/Support Worker NDS8240
Vacancy Title: Female Personal Assistant/Support Worker
Reference Number: NDS8240
Location: Worthing, West Sussex
Hours per week: 4 hours on Friday morning with more hours available over college holidays, hours flexible and negotiable.
Hourly pay rate:£11.75
Mileage rate (if applicable):n/a
Details
I am looking for care for a: woman
The candidate should be: a woman*
Driving licence required: no
Access to own vehicle required: no
Overnight care required: no
Job Description
Summary
We are looking for a calm and kind support worker for our daughter. They also need to be a skilled communicator as she has a mild learning disability, and she finds it especially difficult to speak to people she doesn’t know because of her language disorder.
Our daughter is 17 and is a kind and sensitive young woman. She loves Taylor Swift and has just developed a love of watching musicals. She likes cats, cooking and writing stories. She is shy but very interested in other people. The highlight of her week is helping at Brownies where she is a young leader.
The purpose of this role is to support her to gain confidence and independence. She is involved in her local community in many ways but mainly only with our support. To take the next steps to independence, we feel she needs to access activities and experiences, such as the gym or aqua aerobics, with the support of other people.
This also applies to daily living tasks at home, working alongside her to prep food and cooking meals.
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
• Creative
• 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
Other Personal Qualities:
Employee Duties:
• Other relevant duties as required
• Shopping
• Cooking
• Transportation
• Companionship
• Dressing / undressing
Additional duties: Accessing social and leisure activities
Support to plan activities outside of the home, including on how to get to and from activities.
Accompany and work alongside her to carry out her part time job delivering newspapers, when required.
Support to find and engage with voluntary work
Additional requirements
• Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours
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 employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives. Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.
• Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
Reference Number: NDS8240
Location: Worthing, West Sussex
Hours per week: 4 hours on Friday morning with more hours available over college holidays, hours flexible and negotiable.
Hourly pay rate:£11.75
Mileage rate (if applicable):n/a
Details
I am looking for care for a: woman
The candidate should be: a woman*
Driving licence required: no
Access to own vehicle required: no
Overnight care required: no
Job Description
Summary
We are looking for a calm and kind support worker for our daughter. They also need to be a skilled communicator as she has a mild learning disability, and she finds it especially difficult to speak to people she doesn’t know because of her language disorder.
Our daughter is 17 and is a kind and sensitive young woman. She loves Taylor Swift and has just developed a love of watching musicals. She likes cats, cooking and writing stories. She is shy but very interested in other people. The highlight of her week is helping at Brownies where she is a young leader.
The purpose of this role is to support her to gain confidence and independence. She is involved in her local community in many ways but mainly only with our support. To take the next steps to independence, we feel she needs to access activities and experiences, such as the gym or aqua aerobics, with the support of other people.
This also applies to daily living tasks at home, working alongside her to prep food and cooking meals.
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
• Creative
• 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
Other Personal Qualities:
Employee Duties:
• Other relevant duties as required
• Shopping
• Cooking
• Transportation
• Companionship
• Dressing / undressing
Additional duties: Accessing social and leisure activities
Support to plan activities outside of the home, including on how to get to and from activities.
Accompany and work alongside her to carry out her part time job delivering newspapers, when required.
Support to find and engage with voluntary work
Additional requirements
• Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours
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 employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives. Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.
• Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
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