Personal Assistant for Robert in Lanark Ref: RJ10/SF/8-25

GCIL South Lanarkshire; Ovingdean; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A supportive care service is looking for a Personal Assistant to support Robert, who has advanced cerebral palsy. The position involves a 10-hour weekly commitment, focusing on personal care, medication assistance, and encouraging activities. A clean UK driving license and experience in care are essential. This role is directly employed by a Private Employer under PAYE.

Benefits

Statutory rights including paid holidays

Statutory sick pay where eligible

Qualifications

• Experience in a care environment is essential.
• Excellent verbal and listening skills are required.
• Possession of a Clean UK Driving Licence is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Attend to all personal care needs.
• Assist with medication management.
• Prepare meals and healthy snacks.
• Support Robert to participate in activities.
• Move and assist Robert with a manual wheelchair.

Skills

Experience in a care environment

Excellent verbal and listening skills

People skills

Clean UK Driving Licence

Strong understanding of English

Job description

Overview

Personal Assistant for Robert in Lanark. £12.60 per hour, 10 Hours available.

Personal Assistants can make a positive difference every day to the lives of the people they support. A career as a Personal Assistant is rewarding and diverse, helping someone to achieve their goals and participate in daily activities.

About Robert

Robert enjoys having fun and laughing. He has a bubbly and engaging personality and likes his staff to join in his interests. Routine is important to Robert; he likes to know what he is doing each day. A typical day could include going to the shops, driving Robert in his own car, using his computer, and watching football. Robert receives support 7 days a week, usually between 8 am and 9 pm.

Responsibilities

• Attend to all personal care needs (showering, toileting including bowel movements, shaving)
• Assist with medication
• Prepare meals and healthy snacks
• Assist in the community
• Move and assist – pushing manual wheelchair only when power chair is broken, using tracking hoist
• Household tasks and shopping
• Any other daily living tasks to promote independent living
• Support and encourage Robert to participate in activities suited to his needs

Working pattern

Currently Robert is looking for someone to join his team to cover 10 hours, mainly 2 hours in the evening and one full weekend out of 4. You will be part of a team of Personal Assistants for Robert, with a degree of flexibility on working additional hours essential.

Qualifications and experience

• Experience in a care environment
• Excellent verbal and listening skills, people skills
• Clean UK Driving Licence
• Right to Work in the UK
• References from two employers (including current or most recent employer) and updated PVG certificate from Disclosure Scotland
• Desirable: Driver with a clean licence to drive a mobility car; must be over 25 years old for insurance purposes

Notes

Robert is a gentleman with advanced cerebral palsy and a severe speech impairment, requiring someone with a strong understanding of English for communication.

If selected, you will be employed directly by a Private Employer on a PAYE basis and will be entitled to statutory rights (paid holidays and statutory sick pay where eligible).

GCIL (South Lanarkshire) is a Self-Directed Support service and is not the employer or an employment/recruitment agency. Our role is to assist with recruitment and employer responsibilities. For more information contact GCIL (South Lanarkshire), Brandon Gate, 1 Leechlee Road, Hamilton, ML3 0XB, Tel: [phone].