Personal Care Assistant / Support Worker
Job Highlights
- Support a young individual in developing confidence, independence, and essential life skills while enjoying shared interests like rock music and classic TV shows.
- Ideal candidate should be kind, patient, and calm, ideally with experience supporting young people with additional needs, especially knowledge of Misophonia.
- Flexible part-time hours in Leeds, with 5 hours per week during term time and 8 hours during school holidays, paid at £15.50 per hour.
Job Requirements/Description
PA 5 Hours Per week for Teen in LS17
Pay: £15.50 per hour (includes a top-up above the Direct Payment rate).
Service user is a lovely young man with a great sense of humour and a real passion for rock music, collecting vinyl records, and classic TV shows such as The Dukes of Hazzard. We'd love to find someone who shares some of these interests or is happy to support him in enjoying them.
The user's needs:
User has Misophonia, a condition where certain sounds can trigger a very strong emotional response. His main trigger is coughing. We're looking for someone who is calm, patient and understanding. Any previous knowledge or experience of Misophonia would be a real advantage, although training and guidance can be provided.
Services
Training
Transportation
PA 5 Hours Per week for Teen in LS17
Apply at UKCIL.com. Reference: 41287956
Hours:
- 5 hours per week during term time
8 hours per week during school holidays (flexible by agreement)
Pay: £15.50 per hour (includes a top-up above the Direct Payment rate).
Service user is a lovely young man with a great sense of humour and a real passion for rock music, collecting vinyl records, and classic TV shows such as The Dukes of Hazzard. We'd love to find someone who shares some of these interests or is happy to support him in enjoying them.
The role
The successful PA will support to:
The successful PA will support to:
- Access the local community and enjoy activities.
Build his confidence and independence.
Develop emotional regulation strategies and coping skills.
Learn important life skills such as road safety, stranger awareness and appropriate social behaviour.
Encourage positive interactions and help him make safe, informed choices.
Build a trusting, consistent and supportive relationship while promoting his wellbeing.
The user's needs:
User has Misophonia, a condition where certain sounds can trigger a very strong emotional response. His main trigger is coughing. We're looking for someone who is calm, patient and understanding. Any previous knowledge or experience of Misophonia would be a real advantage, although training and guidance can be provided.
We're looking for someone who is:
? Kind, patient and understanding.
? Calm and able to support emotional regulation.
? Reliable, trustworthy and consistent.
? Confident encouraging independence while maintaining safety.
? A driver with access to a car would be an advantage.
? Experience supporting young people with additional needs is welcome, and knowledge of misophonia would be highly valued.
The post is subject to references and an enhanced DBS check.
If you think you'd be a good fit, or would like to know more, please send me a private message. I'd really appreciate it if you could share this post with anyone who may be interested.
Key Responsibilities
Services
- Meal Preparation
- Personal Care
- Domestic Care
- Social + Leisure activities
- Support to remain independent
Training
- Essential PA Guide
- Safeguarding Adults/Children
- Understanding challenging behaviour
- Food Hygiene
- First Aid
- Hand hygiene
- Autism / Aspergers
Transportation
- Full UK driving license
- Own personal car
Please apply by clicking above or at ukcil.com