Personal Care Assistant (MM)

Barrie Bookkeeping & Payroll Solutions Ltd; Ellesmere Port; Vor Ort; GBP 17.000 - 22.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Barrie Bookkeeping & Payroll Solutions Ltd is seeking a Personal Care Assistant to support a teenage boy with visual impairment and mobility needs. You will promote safety, independence, and wellbeing while facilitating access to community activities.

Applicants should be kind, patient, and reliable, with a full UK driving licence and the willingness to obtain an Enhanced DBS check. Experience with Makaton or alternative communication methods is a plus.

Qualifikationen

• Essential: Experience supporting disabled children or young people with additional needs.
• Essential: Full UK driving licence.
• Essential: Enhanced DBS check or willingness to obtain one.
• Essential: Ability to provide safe, compassionate and person-centred support.
• Essential: Reliable, trustworthy, and flexible approach.
• Desirable: Experience supporting individuals with visual impairments.
• Desirable: Knowledge or experience of Makaton or alternative communication methods.
• Desirable: Understanding of sensory needs.
• Desirable: Experience supporting mobility-difficulties in children.

Aufgaben

• Ensure the individual's safety at all times due to mobility and visual impairment needs.
• Support access to community activities and social opportunities.
• Accompany the young person to leisure activities, particularly swimming sessions.
• Promote independence and reduce social isolation.
• Provide supervision and support whilst out in the community.
• Assist with some personal care tasks.
• Support communication and understanding through consistent approaches.

Kenntnisse

Kind and compassionate

Calm and patient

Understanding and empathetic

Confident supporting additional needs

Willing to learn new communication

Respectful of family routines and home

Jobbeschreibung

Company: Barrie Bookkeeping & Payroll Solutions Ltd

A parent is seeking a Personal Care Assistant to support their teenage son who has additional needs, including visual impairment, mobility difficulties, and communication differences. The family is looking for someone who can provide social support and enable access to community-based activities whilst promoting independence, safety, and wellbeing.

About the employer

The young person is friendly, affectionate, and enjoys:

• -Music and sensory activities
• -Swimming
• -Trampolining
• -Outdoor activities and walks
• -Theme parks and accessible leisure activities
• -He benefits from routine, reassurance, and clear communication and may require time to build trust with new people.

Main duties

Main dutiesThe successful Personal Assistant will:

• -Ensure the individual's safety at all times due to mobility and visual impairment needs
• -Support access to community activities and social opportunities
• -Accompany the young person to leisure activities, particularly swimming sessions
• -Promote independence and reduce social isolation
• -Provide supervision and support whilst out in the community
• -Assist with some personal care tasks
• -Support communication and understanding through consistent approaches

Type of person that you/they are looking for

Type of person that you/they are looking for:The employer is looking for someone who is:

• -Kind, caring, and compassionate
• -Calm and patient
• -Understanding and empathetic
• -Confident supporting a young person with additional needs
• -Willing to learn new communication methods
• -Respectful of family routines and privacy

Skills, qualifications, and experience

Skills, qualifications, and experienceDesirable:

• -Experience supporting individuals with visual impairments.
• -Knowledge or experience of Makaton or alternative communication methods.
• -Understanding of sensory needs
• -Experience supporting children with mobility difficulties

Essential:

• -Experience supporting disabled children or young people with additional needs
• -PA must be aware of symptoms of a blocked shunt
• -Full UK driving licence
• -Enhanced DBS check or willingness to obtain one
• -Ability to provide safe, compassionate and person-centred support
• -Reliable, trustworthy, and flexible approach