Two Personal Care Assistants for a teenage 20 hr/wk@ £13.09/hr in Riding Mill - Riding Mill - NE44

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UKCIL Ltd

North East, Riding Mill

GBP 10,000 - 40,000

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Position: Two Personal Care Assistants for a teenage 20 hr/wk @ £13.09/hr in Riding Mill - NE44

We are a family of four looking for good-humored and flexible personal assistants to provide support at home for our 16-year-old son. Sometimes the role will involve supporting one parent with our son’s care routine, and at other times it will be to work with another PA whilst parents are out. Our son has significant disabilities which require specialist care. He can talk (he rarely stops) and loves to laugh and joke. It’s like a pantomime all the time! He is a full-time wheelchair user and requires support with all day-to-day activities.

Our son enjoys playing musical instruments, appropriate board games/card games, PlayStation/iPad games, and loves animals. He would like to mostly play at home discussing his favorite musicians, but there may be occasional visits to local farms/owl sanctuaries or swimming at the local pool. Transport would be via public transport or one parent would drive for trips with support from one PA. There may be occasional opportunities to accompany the family on holiday in the future.

Main Duties:

Support this fun-loving teenager with up to 20 hours per week, per PA, in accessing appropriate activities in and around his community.
Build a secure relationship with the young person and his family.
Encourage independence and pursue activities of his choice.
Assist with basic meal preparation (heating a meal, or making a sandwich, etc.) and help with feeding.
An understanding of tonic/clonic epilepsy and allergies would be preferred; however, full training will be provided.
Emergency medication will be required as part of this role, with full training provided.
Provide all personal care needs at home, utilizing a ceiling track hoist in the bedroom and bathroom. Oliver uses a commode over the toilet at home. When out for short trips, we don’t access public bathrooms unless they are changing spaces.
Support with all transfers using a ceiling track hoist or mobile hoist if outside in the garden. A full moving and handling plan can be provided.
Assist with all transfers in and out of his wheelchair using ceiling track or mobile hoist. Some transfers onto an Innowalk and/or a standing frame will be required using an H frame ceiling track hoist.

Hours:

Up to 20 hours a week per PA – hours, days, and times can be arranged flexibly during school holidays. In terms of hours, we are flexible and hours can be increased (to a maximum of 20 per week) down to 0 hours to meet the personal assistant’s availability. During term time, we ideally want hours on a Friday afternoon/evening, a Saturday morning (plus afternoon if available), and a Sunday morning, and where available, 1-2 post school sessions during the week. Ideally, one PA would be available to welcome our son home from the school bus at 15:30 and help him have a snack and drink. In the holidays, we can be flexible depending on PA availability. We might have a small team of PAs, some of whom work in term time and some who work in the holidays.

Requirements:

Some experience of working alongside children with disabilities is preferred; however, the most important factor is your personality and ability to be flexible and have fun.
A high degree of initiative and creativity.
A great sense of humor.
Experience of autism is useful.

Rates of Pay:
£13.09 per hour. 5.6 weeks holiday (pro rata). Out of pocket expenses will be met by the Employer. This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check and references (Cost to be met by Northumberland County Council).