Personal Care Assistant - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Penderels Trust
Description
Location:
Sheffield S6, Yorkshire
About the Employer
PA wanted for a young man with severe autism.
He is not keen on changes in routine and a main responsibility of his PA would be supervising him safely.
The individual is non-verbal and uses Makaton to communicate so knowledge of this is required. He can show challenging behaviour if not understood.Employer Disability and Health Conditions
- Cognitive / Learning
Other conditions include:
Severe autism and learning difficulties, non-verbal.
The employer's hobbies and interests:
- Youtube
- Music
Other relevant information
- Someone in the household is a smoker.
- The individual keeps pets in the home.2 small dogs and 3 cats.
About the Role
Duties and Responsibilities
- Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
- Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
- Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
- Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
- Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
- Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
- Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.
Transport Requirement
Car driver preferred but not essential.
Required Skills:
- Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
- Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
- To be able to work on own initiative.
- To work as part of a team.
- To be able to follow instructions accurately.
- Be patient, supportive and caring.
- Have good listening skills and be able to provide nonjudgemental emotional support.
- Be empathetic.
- Previous caring experience is essential.
- Previous experience in childcare/special needs is essential.
- Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
- Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
- Be selfmotivated with a willingness to get involved.
- Have a lively personality.
Other skills include:
Understanding of Makaton as Employer uses it to communicate
Job Type:
Permanent
Salary:
From £13.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexitime
Schedule:
- Flexitime
Work Location:
One location
Application deadline: 06/03/2023
Reference ID:
SHE14683EN1
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