Disability North
Female Social Personal Assistant – SKNCL
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Role Overview
Hours: 4 hours per week term time and 11.5 hours per week school holidays, weekends included
Area: Fenham, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Rate: £14.00 per hour
About the Role
We are currently looking for an experienced personal assistant for a lovely little girl with Global Developmental Delay who is non-verbal, she communicates using basic BSL and some Makaton signs, she will direct you through lead and show to things she requires or is interested in.
Sehrish is a wheelchair user but can manoeuvre herself on her bottom if she is out of her chair to play or enjoy family time.
Key Responsibilities
- Personal care including nappy changes, assistance with feeding and drinking and support in dressing if required.
- Accompanying Sehrish on trips to various venues and activities including the Alan Shearer Centre, Centre for Life, the Aquarium, and soft play centres, the cinema, and swimming.
- Familiar with accessing public transport and confident in using the accessible bays for her wheelchair whilst travelling.
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About Sehrish
Sehrish is a happy, smiley little girl and loves painting and building things with her building blocks- she requires larger toys to play with due to her having difficulty with dexterity, she enjoys using her iPad and is a bit of an expert in accessing Spotify to listen to her favourite tunes, she currently loves “Free from Desire” where she can dance to the upbeat tune.
Sehrish is on medication, but this is managed by her mum, and she also follows a Halal diet but has no allergies. It is important that this is adhered to at all times.
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Requirements
- A good level of fitness due to the need to lift and carry Sehrish in and out of her wheelchair.
- Training under manual handling would be advantageous.
- Must have permission to work in the U.K. at the time of starting their employment.
Occupational Requirement
There is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be female in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraphs 1 – 4.
Application Process
This vacancy will close as soon as a suitable candidate is appointed.
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