Personal Assistant

Job title: Personal Assistant (PA) Reporting to: The Employer Location: Hollywood near Wythall B47 Job purpose: To assist with a variety of tasks which will assist the person who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.

This role involves live-in or overnight support.

About the employer: Our client is a 32-year-old male living in the Hollywood area near Wythall who is looking to recruit a Personal Assistant to join their team to provide support with all aspects of independent daily living.

Our client has Downs Syndrome, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder.

Main duties: Social duties: keep in touch and socialise with family and friends. attend medical appointments if required. support to attend community-based activities such as special Olympics, a tricycle group in Southall, trampolining, lunch club and litter picking at Arrow Valley Park.

Personal care: support with all aspects of personal care.

Domestic duties: support with grocery shopping, cooking and serving nutritious meals and snacks, cleaning, changing linen, laundry.

These duties may vary from day-to-day.

Type of person that you/they are looking for: Values someone that is honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, ability to build good relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, able to work alone, positive, willingness to travel, understands equality & diversity. Specific requirements: someone with previous care/ support experience preferred but not essential.

Must be a driver as pool car available.

Hours of work: 30 hours per week

• Broke down into 2 shifts 08:00am-23:00pm sleep-in x twice a week.

Rate of pay: £14.00 per hour & £60 per sleep-in.

Skills, qualifications, and experience Essential: driving licence car and appropriate insurance confidentiality good at building relationships Preferred: previous experience in care and support good communicator a good listener ability to support people with behaviours which challenge.

Successful applicants will require DBS checks & Employment References.

This role is funded by the Local Authority and is paid 4 weekly.

Jobs are provided by the Find a Job Service from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).