Please Quote Ref: CX804
Location: HU7 area of Hull
Rate of pay: £11.44 per hour
Hours: 4 hrs per week during term time (includes working weekends), 8 hrs per week during school holidays
Days: to be negotiated
Vacancies: 1
Further information: A Personal Assistant is required to support a nine year old boy in the HU7 area. He has a very happy and relaxed demeanour. He is a kind boy who enjoys interaction with others. He loves to explore, feel the wind in his hair, and enjoys plenty of cuddles. When it comes to messy play and other forms of play, he requires guidance and encouragement. He enjoys one to one interaction, being read and sung to, playing with books and picture cards. Secret Life of Pets and barefoot books are a firm favourite.
As a PA you will support him with going out into the community. This could be a visit to the local retail park, a trip into town on the bus, visit local attractions etc. However, on occasions, he likes to stay at home and play.
Applicants must be fun, reliable, good communicators, and show dignity and respect towards others. PAs will work with him on a 2:1 ratio, one PA has been identified. A current DBS certificate and knowledge of manual handling is required. However, if you do not have a DBS certificate, we can arrange one for you.
He has profound physical and learning difficulties; he is a full-time wheelchair user and he is non-verbal. He requires someone capable of carrying out his personal care and needs. His needs are complex, and behaviour can be challenging at times (not often). This is generally due to frustration.
The family are hoping to get a wheelchair accessible vehicle next year, so a driver’s license is preferrable, but not essential. Please note, we are a multi dog household, and applicants will need to feel comfortable with this.
Important Information: “Owing to the nature of this position, any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from the Disclosure and Barring Service, the cost of which will be met by the local authority/employer.”
How to apply
Option 1: Click apply button and upload a cv/cover letter (**ON MOBILE VIEW IT IS AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF PAGE).
Option 2: Complete an apply to be a PA and then email esw@choicesandrights.org.uk with your name and reference number of the job you wish to be out forward for (you can apply for more than one at a time).
Option 3: Please send a printed application to The Recruitment Team Choices and Rights Disability Coalition, The Centre for Independent Living, Jude Lodge, Tiverton Road, Bransholme, Hull HU7 4QS
Important Information
The above vacancy is advertised directly by the disabled person/ representative who receives support from the Direct Payment Support Service. Successful applicants will be employed directly by the disabled person/representative not Choices and Rights. It is important to note Choices and Rights are acting on the employer’s behalf and we cannot be held responsible for any actions arising out of your employment.
Applications will be forwarded to the disabled person or their representative, they will then choose which candidates they wish to interview. They may contact you directly or ask their support worker to contact you and arrange a suitable date for an interview to take place.
Personal Data Processing
Information in relation to personal data processing can be found at here or by contacting us and requesting a copy of our Hull Privacy Policy. In this policy, you will find information about our compliance with GDPR (data protection law.) You can find how to send us a request to let you access your data that we have collected, request us to delete your data, correct any inaccuracies or restrict our processing of your data. We would like to keep your data until our position you apply for is filled. [We cannot estimate the exact time period, but we will consider this period over when a candidate accepts our job offer for the position for which we are considering you.] When that period is over, we will either delete your data or inform you that we will keep it in our database for future roles.
Smoke Free Exemption
It should be noted that these post are covered by “The Smoke Free (Exemptions and Vehicles) Regulations 2007 and therefore “The smoke Free Premises and Enforcement Regulations 2006” do not apply to this post. The regulations allow for exception in private dwellings where the work being undertaken is solely to provide personal care for a person living in the dwelling or to assist with domestic work of the household in the dwelling.
If you’re looking for a career change in 2023, you could make a difference to your life and the lives of others by beginning a career in care.
Choices and Rights have received support from Hull City Council to produce a video showing three different examples of how disabled people can use direct payments. The video features stories of the different experiences of disabled people and their Personal Assistants (PAs) and was produced and edited by Mal Wlliamson.
(https://malwilliamson.com/)