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Job Reference: SMcG GE2405

Post: Personal Assistants

Closing Date:15/06/17

Dear Applicant

Thank you for your interest in the post of Personal Assistant

Disability Advice Service Lambeth- Direct Payments Team, supports disabled people in Lambeth in recruiting their own care staff.

Please find enclosed:

  • An application form
  • A Person Specification/ Job Description

This post is for 12hours per week at £9.40 per hour

The post is for a Personal Assistant. Please read instructions for completing the application form

  • Please make sure that you complete ALL sections of the application form.
  • Incomplete application forms, or forms with sections missing, WILL NOT be considered for short listing.
  • When filling in the section: “Experience” please refer to the requirements specified in the Job Description under “Personal Assistant Tasks”

Please complete the application form and send it to the Direct Payments Team at the address above. We will be contacting short-listed applicants within two weeks of the closing date to arrange interview dates.

If you would like us to keep your details on file for any future vacancies please tick the relevant box on the application form.

Yours sincerely

Direct Payments Team

Disability Advice Service Lambeth

Charity No. 1087399 A company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales No. 4214688

Personal Assistant

Person Specification and Job Description

Please read carefully all the information in the Person Specification and Job Description before completing the application form.

General Information:

Person Specification

Personal Assistants should be:

  • Experienced in supporting a disabled person with their personal care.
  • Reliable and trustworthy.
  • Able to accept responsibility.
  • Able to work independently and show initiative as required.
  • Willing to learn the job well.
  • Diligent and conscientious.
  • Committed to equal opportunities in their attitudes and the way they carry out their work.
  • Able to handle the physical tasks of lifting, handling, pushing and bending, unless otherwise stated. The Personal Assistant does not need to be physically strong to do certain tasks well, but it does help, together with good general health.

Personal Assistant Responsibilities

  • Arrive at the agreed time ready to work.
  • Give notice if you are going to be more than ten minutes late.
  • Respect the privacy of the person you are working for and maintain a professional approach at all times, being careful to treat your working relationships as confidential, including the assistance provided.
  • Understand and be mindful of the disabled persons right to dignity, respect and independence.
  • Communicate and discuss any problems that arise as soon as possible.
  • Respect your employer’s possessions and equipment and only use the telephone, television, radio, fridge etc with appropriate consent.

Job Description

A disabled man living in SW4 is looking for two Male PAs to work across the week from Monday to Sunday. The supporting duties include:

  • Assisting from bed
  • Bathing
  • Supervising dressing

The PAs would also be expected to:

  • Prepare breakfast
  • Prepare lunch
  • Prompt client to take medication
  • Clean and tidy the bathroom and toilet
  • Make the bed

The successful PAs should be punctual, flexible with time, friendly and a non-smoker.

The job is for 12 hours per week at £9.40 per hour. The breakdown of hours is as follows:

  • Monday to Friday 1 hour in the morning and 30 minutes at lunchtime
  • Saturday and Sunday 45 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes at lunchtime
  • Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday 30 minutes in the evening.

The deadline for this job is 16th May 2017

Please follow this link for the job application pack:

Personal Assistant Care Tasks may include:

  • Getting in and out of bed.
  • Dressing and undressing
  • Washing and bathing/showering.
  • Attention to hair, skin, nails, feet, eyes etc
  • Transferring in and out of bed / wheelchair
  • Using the toilet and dealing with continence management.
  • Physiotherapy exercises

Personal Assistant Domestic and other Support Tasks may include:

  • Food preparation and cooking meals.
  • Support and household / domestic routines.
  • Dealing with paperwork, bills and letters.
  • Taking part in social / leisure activities and occasions.

Learning the task involved

The disabled person is the person best qualified to know what their needs are and how they are best met. For the most part therefore, areas of assistance can be learned and familiarised through the assistant and the disabled person working together. Where required, the employer will provide practical training and guidance.

Application Form

Post: Job Ref: SMcG GE2405

PLEASE PRINT THIS FORM OUT, complete in black ink, using block capital letters AND RETURN IT BY POST TO:

Direct Payments Project

Disability Advice Service Lambeth

336 Brixton Road

London SW9 7AA

Personal Details

Full name:
Address:
Postcode:
Contact Telephone Number
Home:
Mobile:
Please enter your email address to receive regular vacancy email alerts
Email Address:

MaleFemale

Your gender: Date of birth (optional): / /

Do you hold a current driving licence? Yes No
Do you have access to a car? Yes No
Do you have any driving convictions or
Endorsements? Yes No

Where did you see this post advertised?

University of London Careers Group Website

Job Centre South London Press

Job Fresh Other ______

Location:

Please tick the areas in Lambeth where you prefer to work:

Streatham Norwood Clapham Brixton

Stockwell/Vauxhall Kennington Waterloo

Any area in Lambeth

Experience:
Please give details of any experience you have which is relevant to this post, paying particular attention to the headings below.
  • Experience of supporting disabled people

  • Experience of keeping written records.

  • Experience of supporting disabled people to access the community

  • Examples of when you have had to take responsibility within your role

  • Examples of when you have had to use your initiative to achieve a successful outcome for your client

  • Commitment to equal opportunities

  • Have you experience of working with the following client groups?
If so please tick the relevant boxes:

Autism

Learning Disabilities
Physical Disabilities
Older Persons
Mental Health service users/survivors
Children
Other (please specify):

Please show the times you are able to work by ticking the boxes below:

Mon / Tues / Weds / Thurs / Fri / Sat / Sun
Mornings
Afternoons
Evenings
Sleepovers
Yes No

Are you able to respond to ‘CRISIS’ call outs?

Yes No

Are you able to do extra hours if necessary?

Employment History

Please give details of your previous employment starting with your most recent job

Name and address of employer / From / To / Job title
Name and address of employer / From / To / Job title
Please use this space to provide any other information relevant to this post.

When is the earliest date you will be able to start work?

______

Please provide the name and contact details of two referees both professionalie. your most recent manager and previous employer

Professional
Name:
Address:
Contact Numbers: / Professional
Name:
Address;
Contact Numbers:

PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation Offenders Act 1974 [Exceptions Order 1975] and therefore prospective employees are required to give information about any convictions, including those, which for other purposes are spent. In case of employment, any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal. Information given is confidential and will only be considered for the purposes of this application.

Do you have any past or present convictions?

Yes: No:

Your details will be kept on file for 6 months and may be passed to other clients who are currently recruiting. If you do not want your details to be kept on file please tick

DECLARATION:

If you give information which you know is false, this may lead to your application being rejected, or if appointed, to your dismissal.
I declare that the information I have given is to the best of my knowledge true and correct.
Signature: Date: / /

Please post your completed forms to:

Direct Payments

Disability Advice Service Lambeth

336 Brixton Road

London SW9 7AA