Companion Support Worker

3 weeks ago


Ayrshire, United Kingdom Kilmarnock - JHEG Full time

**Post**:

- Personal Assistant 3hrs per week on a Sat

ROP £12.00 PER HR

**To work with** - A 16 years old young man

**Diagnosis** - Cerebral Palsy, wheelchair user, PEG fed, epilepsy, learning disability, and limited language

**Location -** In the family home (Kilmarnock) and out in the community

**Family - He **lives at home with his Mum and Dad, Maternal Grandparents, little sister and Oscar the dog.

The **3 fixed hours** would be a Saturday 3-6pm (occasionally 1-6pm). There will also be other hours available if interested, including during school holidays, and covering other PA’s holidays and periods of absence.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Measuring out and administering medication via a feeding tube and giving a PEG feed via a Nutricia feeding pump (all training will be given)
- Taking to him, go out for a walk / pushing an accessible swing in garage
- Moving and handling / transferring him using a hoist and giving him a bath / washing hair and changing into pyjamas
- Transferring into comfy chair (Kirton chair) or shower chair for toileting after bath and reading stories / singing songs
- Dealing with all personal care needs (pad changes etc) as they arise during the shift
- Availability to work most Saturdays
- There will be more variable hours available during all school holidays to share with our other PAs and when he leaves school (if interested in longer shifts/more hours)

During the holidays, he also likes to go out on the bus, for a walk to Tesco or visit shops with a lift - Next, big Tesco

All training will be given by current PA who works on a Sunday 3-6pm. Initial training will involve shadowing PA during her Sunday shifts until confident to work alone.

All training will be paid for.

**Post**:

- Personal Assistant 3hrs per week on a Sat

ROP £12.00 PER HR

**To work with** - A 16 years old young man

**Diagnosis** - Cerebral Palsy, wheelchair user, PEG fed, epilepsy, learning disability, and limited language

**Location -** In the family home (Kilmarnock) and out in the community

**Family - He **lives at home with his Mum and Dad, Maternal Grandparents, little sister and Oscar the dog.

The **3 fixed hours** would be a Saturday 3-6pm (occasionally 1-6pm). There will also be other hours available if interested, including during school holidays, and covering other PA’s holidays and periods of absence.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Measuring out and administering medication via a feeding tube and giving a PEG feed via a Nutricia feeding pump (all training will be given)
- Taking to him, go out for a walk / pushing an accessible swing in garage
- Moving and handling / transferring him using a hoist and giving him a bath / washing hair and changing into pyjamas
- Transferring into comfy chair (Kirton chair) or shower chair for toileting after bath and reading stories / singing songs
- Dealing with all personal care needs (pad changes etc) as they arise during the shift
- Availability to work most Saturdays
- There will be more variable hours available during all school holidays to share with our other PAs and when he leaves school (if interested in longer shifts/more hours)

During the holidays, he also likes to go out on the bus, for a walk to Tesco or visit shops with a lift - Next, big Tesco

All training will be given by current PA who works on a Sunday 3-6pm. Initial training will involve shadowing PA during her Sunday shifts until confident to work alone.

All training will be paid for.

Please note that there is a 6 month probationary period attached to this post, as well as undertaking an update of the PVG disclosure scheme

If interested, please send your up to date CV

Please note AILN are not the employers, we are purely a support to disabled employers managing their own supports

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: £12.00 per hour

Expected hours: 3 per week

Day range:

- Every weekend

Physical setting:

- Homecare

Shift:

- Day shift

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Kilmarnock - JH



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