Personal Assistant (PA) to Disabled Gentleman

Description

Summary

As a Personal Assistant (PA), your role is to enable Calum, a warm, intelligent and sociable disabled gentleman and powerchair-user with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, to live independently in his own accessible flat, supporting him to participate in social, recreational and career-related activities, and meeting his health and access needs, including tracheostomy care and PEG feeding. He is currently working freelance as a disability consultant, speaker and researcher, as well as studying for his master’s in social and political science at the University of Edinburgh. His interests include art, literature, film, music, nature, travel, history and activism.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Assist with social, recreational and career-related activities.
Assist with holidays in the UK and abroad.
Assist with transport, including driving wheelchair-accessible van.
Assist with cleaning, laundry and food shopping.
Assist with eating, drinking, preparing and cooking meals.
Assist with toileting, showering and dressing.
Assist with re-positioning in bed overnight.

Essential Skills, Certifications & Qualities

Compassionate, optimistic and sociable personality.
Communication, interpersonal and teamworking skills.
Administrative, time-management and organisational skills.
Ability to follow instructions and work under pressure.
Previous experience delivering tracheostomy care and ventilator maintenance.
Commitment to person-centred care and social model of disability.
Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership (or equivalent).
Driving licence valid in UK with no convictions.

Additional Information

Opportunity open to both male and female applicants.
Staff room available for waking night shifts and rest breaks.
Copies of PVG, passport, visa documentation and driving licence requested at interview.
Recruitment dependent upon successful completion of three paid shadow shifts and staff trainings.

Ad ID: 5419197316