Salary: £12.71 per hour (Employed) £16.00 per hour (Self-Employed)
Work Hours: Hours can be discussed to suit
Contract Type: Part-time
Holiday Entitlement: 5.6 weeks pro-rata or Rolled Up Holiday Pay (Employed)
Seeking personal assistant for 10-year-old child with complex medical needs in Barrow in Furness.

Posted on behalf of Parents/Customer:

Child's needs include cerebral palsy, vision impairment, global developmental delay, and nonverbal.

Child is a happy, chilled child with no behavioural difficulties but a lot of complex positional and feeding needs.

Full paid training given.

Must hold driving licence and be confident to drive a WAV.

Must be willing and able to manual handling/position changes. 

Must be able and willing to push wheelchair on walks etc.

Duties will include preparing pureed meals and spoon feeding.

Child is awaiting a peg so will also include feeding via peg.

Personal care, nappy changes, and dressing.

Aiding with baths.

Postural management and positional changes using different equipment including H frame hoist and Standing frame.

Following a physio plan.

Following a chest physio plan.

Doing activities with child.

Taking for days out in WAV.

Potentially dropping off/collecting child to/from school.

Seeking someone with an enthusiastic patient and gentle attitude who is intuitive.

Hours can be discussed to suit. 

Applicant must undergo full DBS check – at no cost to them.

Experience in care desirable but not essential.

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