Personal Assistant / Carer - 11 hours per week

Do you want to take part in meaningful work which provides emotional fulfilment, personal growth, and community engagement?

A young individual requires support with enhancing their life. They require support from either a self-employed PA or directly employed PA.

11 hours per week.
Preferred days/times: Monday -Friday 7.15am-8.15am
Monday 4pm-7pm or Wednesday 4pm-7pm and Friday 4pm-7pm
Additional hours may be available in the school holidays.

Tasks/duties: Community activities (such as swimming, trike rides, trips to the park/Twin Lakes) and personal care (which includes changing continence products, bathing and dressing). Client has no risk awareness. Always requires 2:1 for all community access and personal care. Current PA or parent will support where required.

Client main diagnosis: Autism, Downs Syndrome, Acquired brain injury, hypermobility. Some challenging behaviours.

Communication:
Client communicates using Makaton, and some speech and body language.
Client has some sensory needs.

Moving and handling:
- Client uses a Wheelchair to access the community and long distances.
- When out and about in wheelchair, can grab people's hair or dogs' coats if close enough
- Hypermobility - mobility is poor and client uses a wheelchair for longer distances.
- Has a wide gait which is unsteady, wide-footed and has reduced balance.
- Visual Impairment - Wears glasses, struggles moving from one room to another as cannot differentiate between different levels and surfaces.
- Can be non-compliant and will drop to the ground refusing to move.
- Specific harness to be used.
- Current PA will act as double up 2nd carer where required.

Client enjoys: action songs, cause and effect toys, loves swimming, accessing the community, loves music, particularly pop music and likes the drum kit, and sensory activities.