Personal Care Assistant PA for 16 year old teenage boy with cerebral palsy, LS8 @12.40hr

Leeds DP & PA Support Hub, Lidgett Park, Leeds

Personal Care Assistant PA for 16 year old teenage boy with cerebral palsy, LS8 @12.40hr

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Leeds DP & PA Support Hub, Lidgett Park, Leeds

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 24 Dec | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 489eb74233a94a37b6c6a9c8121b0c10

Full Job Description

  • Personal Care
  • Social + Leisure activities
  • Training
  • Essential PA Guide
  • Safeguarding Adults/Children
  • Moving & Handling
  • First Aid
  • Hand hygiene
  • Medical
  • Safe Administration of Medication
  • Continence Care
  • Epilepsy Awareness
  • PEG Feeding

    He is non-verbal, wheelchair dependent, fed through a feeding tube, dependent for all cares and has well controlled seizures.
  • He has a good sense humour and loves socializing. He enjoys, walks, long baths, shopping and having books read to him. His care worker will need to be fun and enthusiastic. They will need to be able to engage and entertain a non-verbal teenager and support him to socialize with others including his siblings. They need to be able to take him for walks in his wheelchair (battery powered motor pack available). We are seeking a care worker who is punctual, reliable and has a degree of flexibility. We are specifically looking for someone who is available weekends Saturday and Sunday mornings 9-12 approximately for getting him out of bed, dressed, bathing and activities such as going for a walk or a ride on the bus. This could be one person both days or job share depending on availability. His care worker must be able to give feed through a feeding tube or be willing to be trained to do this. It is desirable though not essential for them to be able to give medication via a feeding tube as well. They will need to be able to work independently providing all cares, including personal cares as required.