Personal Assistant for a teenager Waking Night 30 hr/wk@ £15.00/hr in PR8 - FTE - £29.3k - Southport - PR8

We are looking for a female personal assistant to join a small team supporting a lovely, gentle 16yr old girl with complex and multiple learning and physical disabilities.  

We hope to build a team of carers who can support us and each other in the care of our daughter.

The support required includes but is not limited to; changing clothes, washing or bathing, changing and personal cares.
Administering some food, fluids and medicines via a gastrostomy. Full training will be provided.
Use of slings and hoist for transfers, training will be provided.
Feeding meals and snacks orally.
An awareness of seizures and use of rescue medication would be preferred although training will be provided.

This role would involve providing overnight care, starting at 10pm and finishing at 8am when our daughter leaves for school.

This post is advertised at 30 hours but there would be the option to work additional nights/day hours.

There may be a need to cover other PAs holidays and there would be extra hours available during school holidays.

You would be joining a small team of carers, who have been working with us for the last 12 years but now wish to start reducing their hours.

The perfect candidate would be kind, trustworthy, excellent communication skills, punctual, comfortable working with people with significant learning and physical difficulties, good sense of humour and a positive outlook.