Personal assistant for young man in King's Lynn @ £11.68ph - 6hrs a week weekend work - King's Lynn - PE30
Job Reference (337cad11)
Job description: Social care work opportunity for a Personal Assistant. Listed below are details of the job and what tasks are involved. It is essential to refer to these when submitting an application and advise of the days/hours you are available.
Job purpose: Support a young man to access the local community for days out and activities.
Location: King's Lynn, PE30
Details:
Accompany an 18 year old to access the local community for days out, so he can get involved with activities he enjoys such as; bus rides into King's Lynn town centre, walk around parks, seaside trips (weather permitting) bowling, cinema, and MENCAP activities.
The young man likes to be called 'Cedric' he has high levels of anxiety, autism, and learning disabilities. If Cedric gets upset and distressed due to certain noises he does not like, time needs to be taken to calm himself down, and be taken out of the situation.
Communication with Cedric needs to be in a simplistic manner for him to understand, and is perceptive of peoples emotions which will reflect on his mood.
Person Specification
Listed below are the skills, competencies and qualities that are essential and desirable for the post. Assessment of these, both on application and at the interview, will be the main factor in determining your success.
Essential:
- Have solid years of experience dealing with people with special needs, who are similar to Cedric.
- Knowledge of how to manage people with learning disabilities.
- Have enthusiasm and patience in dealing with people with special needs.
- Reliable
- Approachable
- Friendly
Desirable:
- First aid trained
- Full UK Driving licence
- Use of own car for work purposes
Summary Terms and Conditions
- The rate of pay for this position is £11.68 p/h.
- Hours and times of work as follows: Up to 6 hours over Saturday or Sunday, or both days.
- A satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which will be covered by the employer
- Completion of a satisfactory probation period of 3 months.
- The annual holiday entitlement for this position will be equivalent to the work I would normally expect to be done during 5.6 consecutive weeks.
- If this job requires;
• Manual Handling
• Handling of hazardous chemicals
• Food Handling
You will be required undertake annual training.
The post is subject to the following:
· - A satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which will be covered by the employer.
· - Satisfactory references from two referees, one of which must be your current or last employer.
Services
Social + Leisure activities
Support to remain independent
Training
Safeguarding Adults/Children
Understanding challenging behaviour
First Aid
Autism / Aspergers
Transportation
Full UK driving license
Own personal car
Schedule, Pay & Hours
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ONA = Overnight Awake / ONS = Overnight Sleep