Job Reference: VG4 Date As Postmark

Job Reference: VG4 Date as postmark

Post: Personal Assistant

Closing Date: 1/4/16

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

The post is for 5 hours per week. The rate of pay is £9.15 per hour.

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

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:

• The job of the Personal Assistant is to assist the disabled person to meet their personal, social and domestic needs and any other day-to-day requirements or activities.

• Through personal assistance the disabled person is able to lead an individual, independent and active life, in his or her own home or within the community.

• The Personal Assistant should always ask what the disabled person’s needs are and listen and act upon their requests and directions.

• If employed you will be asked to provide two suitable references.

Person Specification

Personal Assistants should be:

• Experienced in supporting a disabled person.

• 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.

• Should have experience of dealing with challenging behaviour.

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

Personal Assistant Domestic and other Support Tasks will include:

• Assisting a disabled man in Brixton area.

• Personal Care and cooking Caribbean food.

• Assisting employer to access the local community, cafes etc.

• The employment will be for 5 hours per week. The hours of employment will be from Saturday to Sunday each week in the morning, lunchtime and afternoon unless otherwise specified by the employer.

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: Personal AssistantJob Ref: VG4

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

MaleFemale

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

Where did you see this post advertised? ______

If you would like us to keep your details on file for any future vacancies, please tick

(details will be kept on file for 6 months)

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 of supporting disabled people

• Experience of keeping written records.

• Experience of supporting disabled people to access the community

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

• Examples of where 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?

Autism

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

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

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

Please provide the name and contact details of two referees (one professional ie. your most recent manager, one personal)

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:

DECLARATION:

Please post your completed forms to:

Direct Payments

Disability Advice Service Lambeth

336 Brixton Road

London SW9 7AA