About the role
P/T Support Worker / Driver
**Rate:** £13.45
**Post:** 13 hours (ref – 01/Irvine/JP)
**Hours:** 2 days Mon – Fri and 1 alternate weekend day. Happy to have a conversation regarding shift times and the hours available, including slightly increasing or decreasing.
Role Overview
The role involves caring for a man who has a physical disability and is a wheelchair user. He lives with and gets support from other PAs and his wife (and a friendly family dog).
Main Responsibilities
Personal care responsibilities will include:
- Support with washing/showering
- Dressing
- Continence care
- Giving medication
- Ensuring appropriate levels of hygiene
- Assisting with meal preparation
This will include the use of a mobile hoist, experience preferred.
Other parts of the role would be to accompany and provide support enabling him to attend work related meetings, appointments, meet friends, travel to events, allowing him to get the most out of both a working and social life.
Required Experience & Skills
- It would be preferable that you have experience of supporting adults with physical disabilities
- Competent, experienced driver with a full clean driving licence
- Ability to drive his wheelchair accessible vehicle
Key Requirements
- Respect and confidentiality of great importance as the role is predominantly at the family home
- Attend any training courses that are arranged and that you need to undertake in order to do your job safely
- Training will be paid for by the employer
- Appropriate PPE will be provided and you will be expected to adhere to safe PPE working practise to ensure the continuing good health of the employer
- 6 month probationary period attached to this post
- Successful applicant requiring to undergo a new or updating of their PVG disclosure, paid by the employer
- Provide 2 up to date references contacts
- There may also be occasions where you are asked to cover some hrs for other staff holidays
Contact Information
Job Reference – 01/Irvine/JP – Weekend worker or contact Victoria 07562074610
Please note that AILN are not the employers, we are a support to this individual private employer.