Personal Assistant / Support Worker for lively, vibrant woman – Thursdays (SE4 Ladywell / Brockley)

Description

Personal Assistant / Support Worker – Thursdays (SE4 Ladywell / Brockley)

Pay: £14.80 per hour (rising to £15.45ph in 2027), funded via Local Authority Direct Payments

Hours: Minimum 8 hours on Thursdays, that at times can be extended

Location: SE4 (Ladywell end of Brockley), with travel to local areas and Central London

About the Role

We are looking for a warm, energetic, and reliable Personal Assistant to join our longstanding support team for a vibrant, sociable 34-year-old woman with a great personality. She has very significant learning and speech and language disabilities (alongside associated disabilities) and is looking for someone to help her build her independence and life skills through the things she loves.

Working alongside her and her mother—who is the employer—you will take a collaborative, holistic approach to planning and delivering her day-to-day support.

This will include:

Morning & Daily Routines: Providing practical and emotional support throughout the day including getting up, preparing for the day, and some personal care.
Community & Arts Activities: Accompanying and actively participating alongside to facilitate her engagement in arts sessions (dance, choir, art, craft, and music) at colleges and progressive organisations for people with learning disabilities.
Home-Based Activities: Supporting and facilitating the development her life skills, carrying out tasks for her where necessary to enable the smooth day to day operation of her life
This may also include facilitating healthy wholefood vegetarian cooking and baking, arts and crafts, physio exercises, singing, and dancing activities
Outings & Socialising: At times participating in planning and supporting and trips out, for instance to parks, galleries, the cinema, theatre, bowling etc, and facilitating social meetups with her friends.
Medical/dental /therapeutic: At times you may support her during medical/dental/therapeutic appointments. This would normally be initially alongside her mother.
Travel: Supporting safe travel via walking, bus, and train across South East and Central London.
Care & Record Keeping: For example: Reading and following her Support Plan alongside Speech & Language and Occupational Therapy guidelines, completing basic daily records, and following standard hygiene, PPE, and infection control practices.

Who We Are Looking For

Prior care experience is welcome, though not essential as a full induction and shadowing period will be provided. However, the following personal qualities are essential:

Warmth & Character: Kind, patient, empathetic, perceptive, creative, and possessing a great sense of fun and humour.
High level of Energy & Stamina: Able to stay active, engaged, and enthusiastic throughout a full, busy day.
Dependability: Absolute reliability and integrity, as consistent support is vital for her wellbeing.
Strong Advocacy & Values: A genuine interest in learning disabilities, a belief in the equal value of disabled people, and the confidence to advocate for her when needed.
Flexibility and adaptability: the ability to stay calm and problem-solve and take the initiative where necessary when plans change unexpectedly.
Good skills in using public transport: proficient in the use of apps such as Google Maps and City Mapper etc
Clear & Reflective Communicator: Expressive communication skills, a willingness to communicate openly, reflect on your practice, and take on feedback or advice from her mother, to adjust your approach as needed.

Requirements

Proof of right to work in the UK.
A current enhanced DBS check (or willingness to have one arranged by us).

To Apply: **Please be sure to read this advert IN FULL before applying:

Interested applicants should include a note about yourself and why are interested in this role. Please note: Personal applications written in your own words are strongly favoured over AI generated responses. *Please note, it is vital that you live in very easy travel distance to this job i.e. Ladywell, Brockley, Lewisham, Forest Hill New Cross and surrounding areas

Ad ID: 5419344892