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Personal Care Assistant
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £12.21 yr awr |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 02 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Maidstone, Kent, ME14, KEN, ME14 |
| Cwmni: | People Plus Group LTD |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 132346 |
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**Job purpose:**
* To provide respite to a family with a wonderful five year old with Down Syndrome by playing with them in the family home and later possibly giving him social experiences in the community.
**Work Duties will include:**
· Play in the family home with activities and toys provided using communication strategies. Initially this would be with parents present in the home and may extend to parents being out, if you are fully trained and comfortable with this
· Supporting safety and dignity when overseeing eating and drinking or supporting personal care and toileting
· May include excursions outside the home once trust and rapport is built and if it is something you would feel confident doing
· Helping them to develop social skills and try new things
**Other requirements**
· Establishing and maintaining effective communication with the child and their parents, maintaining confidentiality.
· Always ensuring the safety of the child
· Record keeping of toileting and other records as needed
Requirements for applicant (include any specialised training if required)
· Experience in or willingness to learn Makaton and AAC communication strategies which will be provided
· Experience in or willingness to learn about Down Syndrome specific strategies regarding toileting, behaviour management and play strategies which will be provided
· Undertake training provided and follow guidance around all aspects of eating and drinking
· Good sense of humour
· Flexible, reliable and honest
· Physically fit, agile and energetic
· Willingness to undertake a trial period to see if the role is enjoyable for you and if you are a natural fit for our child
· DBS Check will be completed
**Location** Maidstone, Vinters Park
**Number of PA roles available** - 1
* £12.21 per hour
* Hours to be discussed. 4h per week.
**Vacancy closing date: 30-June-2025**
* To provide respite to a family with a wonderful five year old with Down Syndrome by playing with them in the family home and later possibly giving him social experiences in the community.
**Work Duties will include:**
· Play in the family home with activities and toys provided using communication strategies. Initially this would be with parents present in the home and may extend to parents being out, if you are fully trained and comfortable with this
· Supporting safety and dignity when overseeing eating and drinking or supporting personal care and toileting
· May include excursions outside the home once trust and rapport is built and if it is something you would feel confident doing
· Helping them to develop social skills and try new things
**Other requirements**
· Establishing and maintaining effective communication with the child and their parents, maintaining confidentiality.
· Always ensuring the safety of the child
· Record keeping of toileting and other records as needed
Requirements for applicant (include any specialised training if required)
· Experience in or willingness to learn Makaton and AAC communication strategies which will be provided
· Experience in or willingness to learn about Down Syndrome specific strategies regarding toileting, behaviour management and play strategies which will be provided
· Undertake training provided and follow guidance around all aspects of eating and drinking
· Good sense of humour
· Flexible, reliable and honest
· Physically fit, agile and energetic
· Willingness to undertake a trial period to see if the role is enjoyable for you and if you are a natural fit for our child
· DBS Check will be completed
**Location** Maidstone, Vinters Park
**Number of PA roles available** - 1
* £12.21 per hour
* Hours to be discussed. 4h per week.
**Vacancy closing date: 30-June-2025**