Personal Assistant

• Hours: 16 per week – various shift patterns, mornings, evenings, night calls, weekends, and overnights.
• Rate of pay: £13.50 per hour

Personal assistant required for a young person with disabilities and additional support needs. Duties will include personal care, practical support, and social assistance. The personal assistant should have flexibility to cover various shift patterns, and weekend availability is required. Good time keeping and reliability are required.

A car driver is essential as the personal assistant will have access to the employer’s car. Must have experience in manual handling, i.e., using a hoist, pushing a wheelchair. Experience of supporting people with complex needs and challenging behaviour is desirable.

For the application form please contact eileen.cairn quoting reference EC/R1.

Lady with Huntington’s Disease living independently in her own home in Friockheim, is looking to expand her team to enable her to continue to live her happy life at home.

Come along and join our friendly team.

Duties include – personal care, assistance with meals, moving/handling (hoist), full training provided, light household duties, social duties, assistance with medication.

Ideally, we are looking for applicants with their own car and a full UK driving licence as shifts require 3 separate visits a day.

Personal qualities that are essential include empathy with the lady, kindness, attention to detail, reliable timekeeping, and a positive attitude. Females only need apply as permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. P.V.G membership essential or willing to join.

Hours available: 30 hours per week which could be one post or split into 2 posts. £13 per hour.

A sociable, outgoing, senior female, who due to health conditions, is looking for two personal assistants to promote her independence at home and in the community.

Looking for people who have a sense of humour, flexible in their approach, and tolerant.

Post 1 – 17.5 hours:
Monday – Friday (

Shifts:

9.30 am – 12 noon and 8 pm – 9 pm.)

Post 2 – 6.5 hours:
Saturday and Sunday (

Shifts:

9:45 am – 12 noon and 8 pm – 9 pm.)

• Position 1
  
  - Hours:
  
  9 hours per week (within school hours on weekdays and weekend availability required)
• Position 2
  
  - Hours:
  
  6 hours per week (within school hours on weekdays and weekend availability required)
• Position 3
  
  - Hours:
  
  6 hours per week (within school hours on weekdays and weekend availability required)
• Rate of pay: £12.00
• Location:
  Monifieth

A part-time Personal Assistant is required to support a 47-year-old professional woman who has an interest in the arts and keeping fit. Following a stroke, she is now registered partially sighted and has some mobility issues. She therefore requires some assistance with personal care and enabling support so that she can attend appointments and undertake activities that are important to her.

She is looking for someone who can assist her with maintaining a high level of independence within and outside her home.

Duties include:

• Assisting with personal care
• Preparation of meals/cooking
• Shopping and housework

You will be joining a new team so applicants are required to have some flexibility to cover annual leave and staff absences when the need arises.

Although some experience in the care sector would be beneficial, it is not essential. Applicants should be reliable with good timekeeping, trustworthy, and able to adhere to client confidentiality.

A driving licence would be useful but not essential.

Closing date for applications: 26th November 2024

If interested in this post please send the application form to laura.mehrpou quoting reference LM/M1.

Hours: 6 hours each

Rate of pay: £14 per hour

Personal assistants required for a fun-loving 8-year-old boy who enjoys visiting local parks, the beach, inflatables/trampolines, and cinema. Looking for two personal assistants to work together to provide 2:1 support for him to access activities whilst keeping him safe. The young person has a diagnosis of autism, intellectual disability, pica, and is pre-verbal. He is very affectionate, loving, full of energy, and good fun.

Person Specification:

• Kind, caring, and…