Direct Payments / Personal Assistant

Overview

This is an external vacancy and is not employment with East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

A Personal Assistant is required to support a young man, in the Howden area, who is a wheelchair user with Cerebral Palsy.

He is looking for a Personal Assistant that help him to lead an independent life.

Responsibilities

• Help with household duties such as cleaning, meal preparation and shopping.
• Assistance with all aspects of Personal Care.
• The young man has a fully adapted Mobility Car, so the Personal Assistant will have to have a valid driving licence for this, but all insurance would be covered with the vehicle to be used for both shopping trips and outings.
• Provide support for all of the above needs as well as being flexible with the hours worked each week; a rota would be produced each week to cover the young man's appointments and responsibilities. The young man would require support on evenings and weekends for both social events and outings.

Requirements

• Valid driving licence for the fully adapted Mobility Car.
• Enhanced DBS clearance check (cost met by the local authority).
• DBS/Reference checks required.
• Applicants must be able to transport themselves for travel across East Riding of Yorkshire.

Travel

Some travel across East Riding of Yorkshire may be required, applicants must be able to transport themselves.

DBS/Medical check

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check.