Personal Assistant / Carer - 11 hours per week
Lcc
Personal Assistant / Carer - 11 hours per week
£33280
Lcc, Wymondham, Leicestershire
- Part time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 15 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 1ba1c07908214697b3e728cd66ab874d
Full Job Description
Do you want to take part in meaningful work which provides emotional fulfilment, personal growth, and community engagement?
A young individual requires support with enhancing their life. They require support from either a self-employed PA or directly employed PA.
11 hours per week.
Preferred days/times: Monday -Friday 7.15am-8.15am
Monday 4pm-7pm or Wednesday 4pm-7pm and Friday 4pm-7pm
Additional hours may be available in the school holidays.
Tasks/duties: Community activities (such as swimming, trike rides, trips to the park/Twin Lakes) and personal care (which includes changing continence products, bathing and dressing). Client has no risk awareness. Always requires 2:1 for all community access and personal care. Current PA or parent will support where required.
Client main diagnosis: Autism, Downs Syndrome, Acquired brain injury, hypermobility. Some challenging behaviours.
Communication:
Client communicates using Makaton, and some speech and body language.
Client has some sensory needs.
Moving and handling:
- Client uses a Wheelchair to access the community and long distances.
- When out and about in wheelchair, can grab people's hair or dogs' coats if close enough
- Hypermobility - mobility is poor and client uses a wheelchair for longer distances.
- Has a wide gait which is unsteady, wide-footed and has reduced balance.
- Visual Impairment - Wears glasses, struggles moving from one room to another as cannot differentiate between different levels and surfaces.
- Can be non-compliant and will drop to the ground refusing to move.
- Specific harness to be used.
- Current PA will act as double up 2nd carer where required.
Client enjoys: action songs, cause and effect toys, loves swimming, accessing the community, loves music, particularly pop music and likes the drum kit, and sensory activities.