Personal Assistant CSES827

Independent lives; Uckfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A care assistance provider in Uckfield is seeking a Personal Assistant to support a 17-year-old with autism and severe learning disabilities. The role involves helping with daily routines and ensuring constant supervision and companionship. Ideal candidates will possess strong interpersonal skills, patience, and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality. This position may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis.

Qualifications

• Must be hygienic, tidy, and well-organized.
• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties.
• Non-smoker preferred or willing to refrain from smoking during working hours.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal grooming.
• Provide eating and drinking assistance.
• Help with moving and handling.
• Assist with clinical tasks.
• Offer companionship.
• Support dressing and undressing.
• Help with bathroom assistance.

Skills

Respectful of privacy and confidentiality

Reliable with good timekeeping

Excellent interpersonal skills

Patient

Creative

Job description

We are looking for a PA to look after our lovely daughter. She is 17, autistic with ADHD and severe learning disabilities. She is a very vulnerable child with no appreciation of danger from people, vehicles etc. She needs constant adult supervision at all times outside of her home or school. She is a happy child most of the times and someone who needs her own space when she feels a bit agitated. She loves to be in the company of adults. She is recently finding her transition from school to home more challenging and needs lot of time to help with this. We are looking for someone who could help her with transition from the taxi back from school to our house and help her settle down for couple of hours every school day. Her mum will be there at house as well and we are looking for a person who could look after our daughter whilst mum is attending to her younger sibling.

Responsibilities

• Personal grooming
• Eating and drinking assistance
• Moving and handling
• Clinical tasks
• Companionship
• Dressing / undressing
• Bathroom assistance

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 always work to high standards of health & safety

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 either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

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