Female Personal Assistant (5196)

Suffolk Independent Living; Norwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A personal care support service in Norwich requires a Female Personal Assistant to provide care and support for daily activities. The role involves assisting with personal care, meals, and engaging in enjoyable activities. This part-time position offers 12 hours a week at a pay rate of £12.21 per hour, with a focus on reliability and experience in caring for individuals with additional needs.

Benefits

Annual leave equivalent to 5.6 weeks

Reimbursement for agreed expenses

Statutory Sick Pay eligibility

Qualifications

• Must be a female worker due to personal care involvement.
• Experience of working with people who have additional needs.
• Self-motivated and can work without supervision.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care tasks including bathing and dressing.
• Assist with meals and medication.
• Engage in enjoyable activities with the employer.
• Provide companionship and support in daily activities.

Skills

Kind

Reliable

Understanding

Patient

Good sense of humour

Experience with additional needs

Self-motivated

Job description

Overview

Female* Personal Assistant required in Norwich, Norfolk. 12 hours available per week. Tuesday 3-7:30pm, Thursday 4:30-8pm and Sunday 4-8pm, (Occasional Saturdays 10am-2pm). Pay £12.21 per hour. Job reference: 5196.

Job description: Although this job description is correct at present, it may change from time to time after negotiation with the post holder. Must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this role, sponsorship not available.

Job purpose

To support me with all my personal care and help me do all the things I enjoy, such as going to music and other activities. You will help me to bathe, dress, eat my meals and go to bed. You will also support me to get out and about and take me places.

About me

I am a young adult with a rare genetic disorder. I am a wheelchair user but need help getting around. I like eating a variety of soft food, but I prefer cake! I am non-verbal but I am very expressive and sociable. Funny sounds make me laugh! I love music and enjoy listening as well as playing the drums and xylophone. I love animals, particularly birds, and I enjoy days out going for walks in nature. We do have a family dog who stays in the bedroom when we have visitors. I love being read to, especially rhymes and stories that rhyme. I like puppets and swimming, but I hate having my hair brushed or washed.

Preferably, the right candidate would have experience of working with people who have additional needs and would have manual handling and epilepsy training. The successful candidate will be responsible to my mother.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Giving me a snack and drink when I get home and helping me take off my shoes and coat
• Helping me with the activities I enjoy
• Helping me to take a bath
• Supporting me to eat my supper
• Giving me my medication
• Brushing my teeth
• Helping me go to bed
• Reading to me
• Sometimes taking me to activities I enjoy e.g. Musical keys

Personal Specification

(refer to these when submitting your application)

Essential Criteria

• Female* worker required due to personal care involvement (*Schedule 9, P1 of the equality Act 2010 applies)
• Kind
• Reliable
• Understanding
• Patient
• Good sense of humour
• Experience of working with people who have additional needs
• Self-motivated and can work without supervision

Desirable Criteria

• Driving licence
• Able to play a musical instrument

Summary terms and conditions

• Hours, days and times of work: Tuesday 3-7:30pm, Thursday 4:30-8pm and Sunday 4-8pm
• 12 hours per week
• Occasional Saturdays 10am-2pm
• I have respite care once a month, but these days aren’t fixed so some flexibility is needed. Extra hours can be made up on other nights, Saturday mornings or during holidays.
• Pay rate: £12.21 per hour
• Annual leave: The annual holiday entitlement for this position will be equivalent to the work normally done during 5.6 weeks (statutory entitlement).
• Expenses: You will be reimbursed for prior agreed expenses incurred as part of the role.
• Sick pay: I do not operate a private sick pay scheme but provided you meet the eligibility criteria, you may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).
• Pension: I do not operate a private pension scheme but I will fulfil my statutory obligations via the NEST pension scheme.

The post is subject to the following

• Background check: A satisfactory Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this position.
• If you have been convicted of a criminal offence, please send these details to SIL in a separate email or in a sealed envelope together with a stamped addressed envelope. This will not be shared unless you are shortlisted for the post.
• References: If successful, you will be required to provide details of two referees, one of which must be your current or most recent employer, or character references if you have not been employed.
• Trial period: This post is subject to a probationary period of 6 months.

How to apply

If you wish to apply for this position, please complete an application form and return it to SIL, quoting the job reference number 5196. Please refer to the job description.

Online form: https://www.suffolkindependentliving.org.uk/application-form-1
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Post - Address: SIL, Unit 21, IP City Centre, 1 Bath Street, Ipswich, IP2 8SD