Personal Assistant/support Worker

Job title: Employment Support Worker/Personal Assistant

Line Manager: Access to Work Project Manager

**Salary**: £12.42 per hour

Hours: 16 hours per week (Flexible)

Location: Pinner, London (with remote working)
- Introduction to Generate_

Generate has been creating opportunities and offering support to people with a learning disability since 1972. We are committed to improving the lives of people with a learning disability by supporting and encouraging them in a creative way to access opportunities in their communities, take their place as citizens and reduce their reliance on services.

In addition to our youth and community services targeted at people with a learning disability, we also provide an Access to Work service. We work on delivering one-to-one employment support workers and Job Coaching staff across London to individuals with a range of disabilities.

It is funded for in-work support through the Department of Work and Pensions’ Access to Work Programme, although there is scope for this service to expand into other areas of supported employment. It is the largest provider of the programme within London with a wide breadth of scope in terms of location and range of disabilities supported.

**Main Purpose of the Job**

To support client with disability/long-term health condition in their role as a school nurse.

The client works within the Harrow school nursing service. The team work in the borough of Harrow within the community in partnership with parents, school staff, GPs, health visitors, safeguarding services and other agencies to support health and well-being of children and young people.

**Detailed Responsibilities and Duties**

Duties will include but are not limited to:
- Notetaking in child protection meetings, strategy meetings and core groups face-to-face or remote
- Upload notes into the clinical system or write up notes and ensure they are loaded into the system within the timescale.
- Diary management - ensuring all meetings are in the team calendar as well as clients the personal calendar
- Support in organisational management of tasks and spreadsheets.
- Assist client to contact parents and professionals
- Ensure all vision screening results are correctly transcribed onto data uploading sheets
- Attending relevant training
- To assist client with their day to day tasks
- Understand and work within policies covering confidentiality, Data Protection, Health and safety
- General note taking and minute-taking at meetings
- Attend health assessments in schools for minutes
- Undertaking work as directed by the client, and facilitating the completion of their work duties.

**The nature of the role and specific requirements of the role may change depending on the needs of the client.**

**Essential/Desirable Criteria**

Previous experience working as a support worker

**General Responsibilities**
- To be an active member of the Generate staff team.
- To comply with all relevant Generate policies, procedures and guidelines, including but not limited to Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, Children &Vulnerable Adults, and Confidentiality of Information.
- To represent Generate positively in a variety of situations and respond professionally to general enquiries.
- Although normal office/ retail/ hospitality sector hours will apply, the post holder must be flexible in his/her hours to meet the needs of Generate.
- Keep records and report on outcomes of your work.
- Keep up to date with current issues and good practice in the field of the Access to Work programme.
- Engage with support offered by colleagues and undertake training as required.
- Undertake any other reasonable task relevant to the work of the organisation that may be requested by the management team.

**Generate principles**:
**1.** Generate members will always be at the heart of Generate and at the centre of every decision

**2.** Generate will dream big to enable people with a learning disability to explore, shape and develop their own futures

**3.** Generate is committed to having respectful and genuine relationships with everyone

**4.** Generate works to link people with their local communities and support them to maintain their connections

**5.** The Generate approach is about using and developing our skills, knowledge and experience and engaging our hearts when we work each individual to improve their lives.

**6.** Generate will work together with members, families, partners and stakeholders.

**7.** Generate will empower people with learning disabilities to campaign for their rights

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 16 per week

**Salary**: £12.42 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Sick pay

Day range:

- Monday to Friday

Shift:

- Day shift

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Pinner