Personal Care Assistant
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Job Location:
Canterbury - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
20 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are looking for a caring reliable and enthusiastic Personal Assistant to support out lovely 8-year-old boy with Autism Hypermobility and Global development delay.
He is a gentle calm and loving child who enjoys deep pressure cuddles music and swimming. He has some non-verbal cues and someone who is intuitive patient would work well with him.
Key Responsibilities:
Taking him to sensory-friendly and social activities in the local community
Providing support with toileting (still in nappies)
Ensuring his safety at all times especially when in public. (he may run off or try to each no-food items)
Encouraging his interests and helping him access more of the world around him
Support with feeding and drinking needs Drinks from a bottle (comfort for him) and needs finger food or cut up food.
This is not a list of everything that I may ask you to do. I may ask you to do similar sorts of tasks which are not listed above. Providing that my request is reasonable I expect you to follow my instructions.
The ideal candidate will have a full clean driving licence and access to a vehicle experience with children with additional needs. Be someone who is calm friendly and confident in working 1-1. Engage him in physical play e.g swimming. Learn his non-verbal communication and build a good relationship with him.
The hours that we can offer are 4 hours in Term time and 8 hours in Non Term Time with an hourly rate of pay of 12.21. 4 weeks paid holiday (pro rata) plus bank holidays is applicable as is access to a workplace pension.
This role is subject to a cleared enhanced DBS check which is provided.
This post is supported by We Are Beams. Please contact our Brokerage Support Case Worker on to discuss this position further.
Key Skills
- Senior Care
- Patient Care
- Hoyer Lift
- Caregiving
- Cleaning Experience
- Vital Signs Experience
- Dementia Care
- Home Care
- Gastric Lavage
- Heavy Lifting
- Alzheimers Care
- Medication Administration
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