Personal Assistant - Social Care

Personal Assistant - Social Care

Overview

Company: Direct Payment Recipient - AE360308 Location: Mountsorrel & Quorn Job Type: Part-Time Hourly Rate / Salary: £16 per hour for self-employed PA £12.44 per hour for directly employed PA To increase to £13.21 for a directly employed PA and £17 for a self-employed PA from 01/04/25 Working Hours: 6 hours per week

Benefits

Benefits for an employed PA include5.6 weeks paid annual leave (pro rata) Pension, Tax and NI contributions

DBS paid for by funding authority, (if you don't already have a certificate).

The Role

Preferred days/times:

6 hours a week, time to be decided, dependent on when attending college

Hours to be split over two days

Tasks/duties:

Support with some household tasks. The person needs support with keeping on track with tasks as they will forget what they are doing. Support with setting up a household task rota

Support required with accessing the community. The client has no concept of money and cannot go out into the community alone.

Support with coping strategies, route planning, stranger danger, road safety awareness, and how to ask for help

Support with learning how to access resources and voluntary experiences aimed at the client's long-term goal of gaining employment

Client main diagnosis:

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome – the client's senses, motor fine skills and balance are affected. They can be prone to trips and falls. They always have a teddy with them.

They have traits of autism, cannot tolerate loud noises, being touched, or food touching.

Learning difficulties. The client uses audio technology and requires instructions to be in small manageable steps. They cannot read and write and have tremors in their hands.

Communication:

The client has no communication barriers

PA to have their own vehicle and a full, clean, UK driving licence

Client enjoys:

collecting Barbies and soft toys, and they love build-a-bear. The client carries a soft toy with them all of the time

This opportunity is suited for someone who is responsible, reliable, fun, kind, and caring.

Genuine applicants only please.

Role subject to interview and references.

We may close the job listing early if a high volume of applications is received

Contact Details

Annette Evans / annette.evans@leics.gov.uk / 01163057046
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