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Temporary contract, rewarding job experience.Disabled woman, former Paralympian in swimming, Boccia and athletics with varied interests, a cracking bubbly and cheeky personality and a great sense of humour, is looking to employ female personal assistants to support her with all aspects of daily life. Employer enjoys reading, music, and is writing her biography at the moment.Support includes assistance with personal care and learning about employer’s support needs (catheter) etc.Essential criteria: friendly, approachable, reliable with a “can do” attitude who will respect employer’s choices and independence. Cooking skills would be an advantage but not essential.This post is to cover long term sick leave for 19.5 hours per week and three sleepovers.Tuesday night 9.30pm to 11.00pm then sleep...

Active 38yr old woman with learning disability, autism and well controlled epilepsy keen to expand an existing team, funded by direct payment.Own tenancy, based in Musselburgh.Full UK licence and car essential, mileage at 50p per mile.Looking for females (genuine occupational requirement) with experience of autism to fill a week day each, shift would be same weekday, either a Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday, 9 to 4:30, start time could possibly be negotiated.Rate £13.81 per hr.Main duties would be to support with existing activities in the community, help maintain and encourage social contacts, and assist with general housekeeping within the home.Interests include meeting friends, theatre, healthy food, knitting and sports. Keen to attend gym again.Would suit an active person with a good und...

Looking for personal assistants to help look after me, a 38 year old, with my disabilities. Duties will include socialising, appointments, shopping, cooking, paperwork and housework. Everyday can be varied and different in terms of my needs and capabilities.I am based in the Craigmiler area of Edinburgh.Part time and Full time considered. We have various shift times available but we urgently require immediate start if possible. We would prefer long term members of staff rather than those looking for temporary positions.Must be PVG checked for adults, or willing to be checked (we can help with this). Driver with own car is an advantage but not needed.Very relaxed work place, no uniform or badge. Must be okay with animals as I have pets.No qualification or care experience required as I am a ...

Rate of pay: £12.40 per hour.We are looking for a responsible personal assistant to provide support to our son who has autism. You will work on a 1 to 1 basis supporting him with college, socialising and daily activities such as cycling, swimming, and also weekly trips out for pub visits and restaurants. Job based in Musselburgh. We are looking for a proactive and organised individual who is calm and caring and a good communicator. You must also be cat and dog friendly.Some knowledge of Autism would be useful. It would be useful for but not essential for the postholder to have a full UK driving licence and be willing to use their vehicle at work. It is essential that the postholder be a member of the protection of vulnerable groups (PVG) scheme or willing to join.The post is for 14 hours p...

This role is to assist and support teenager with complex needs in the community with outings, fun activities, personal care and mobility.This post is for 2 PAs.Hours: 4 hours per week, and 2 overnights per month. Shifts will be Fridays/Saturdays, however shifts have flexibility to change.Rate of pay: £13.83 per hour, and £108 for an overnight shift.To ApplyFor more information and an application form, please obtain an application pack. To download an application pack for position RW WL please head to the recruitment section of LCiL’s website: lothiancil.org.uk.Alternatively email pajobs@lothiancil.org.uk or call 24 hour recruitment line on 0131 475 2558. Quote Job Ref: RW WL and give your name and postal or email address. ...

Rate of pay £25 per hour.Lachlan is looking for a creative communication partner. He is based in Midlothian, aged 33 and is non-verbal. He uses a yes/no system to communicate with his eyes and has been using eyegaze technology for that last 3 years. He needs a creative communication partner to work alongside him to assist him to use his device fully. This isn’t a traditional teacher/student role, nor strictly a speech and language therapy role, but a creative communication role which will suit someone who can problem solve, and work with Lachlan as his partner in exploring his potential in communication. This will include setting up communication page sets on Communicator 5 and problem solving with Lachlan as to the best way to lay out the system as well as regularly working with him 3 x p...

Rate of pay is £12.15 per hour.Haddington-based disabled lady looking for some personal assistants to support her with daily living, including help with cats.Your job will be to help the lady to do what she wants. This could be going to the park, cafes, shopping, go to appointments, or spend a relaxing time at the local leisure centre for a sauna. You could help her to have a rummage in charity shops or go to the theatre or cinema. She may just want company whilst she is watching her favourite Disney films or listening to true crime on audible.The job will involve personal care and domestic duties. It is a must that you are an animal lover as the employer has three cats and may need support to look after them.The employer is looking for someone with experience in care and it would be helpf...

Eilidh is a young woman in her 20s, she is autistic and has a learning disability. She enjoys the gym, swimming, trips to the theatre and getting outdoors. Once you establish a bond with Eilidh, her world becomes full of possibilities for growth and development. If she is interested, there is potential for you to introduce your own interests and hobbies to Eilidh.Like everyone else, Eilidh has both good and bad days. She has some complexities that can make her life difficult, but a compassionate, empathetic person can turn the whole day around.Eilidh’s team is small but filled with passionate individuals. Her family is deeply integrated within her support, and thus the support worker will need to be able to work on their own initiative whilst at the same time being respectful of Eilidh’s a...

Female personal assistant required to support a young lady with mobility issues and her twelve year old son to live life to the full. The job is based in Bonnyrigg but may involve tasks out with the home such as support with shopping, collecting prescriptions and other day to day tasks when required. Some tasks include personal care which is why the post is female only (*Genuine Occupational Requirement.)A driving license is essential.It is essential that the post-holder have some experience of working with children. The rate of pay is £12.45 per hour. Looking for one personal assistant (ideally but may consider job split if necessary)Post is for 9 hours per week. Working hours would be Saturday and Sunday –9.30am – 12noon each morning every weekend5.00pm – 7.00pm each evening every weeken...

Looking for a part-time personal assistant with car to support an independent middle-aged disabled woman. Providing general assistance when she spends time with her two children, and also helping the woman one half-day a week without her children.Fridays would involve collecting the woman with her walker from Inverleith and driving to Tranent, East Lothian to collect her children, then spending time in East Lothian or driving back to her flat in Edinburgh. Cooking food while she spends time with her children (age 5&10,) and helping the mother with the children's bedtime routine and finishing at 9pm. The woman uses a walker but prefers to take an arm when appropriate. Other tasks involve assistance with household admin, computer and TV issues (eg booking cinema tickets online, planning excu...

Looking for Personal Assistants to join an existing team to help Lachlan, a 31 year old young man with Cerebral Palsy. The pay rate is £12.45 per hour.This role is part time and flexible - hours to be arranged with family, although there is the possibility of full time work. Applications from students looking to work 15 hours or less welcome. Family home is in a beautiful setting in the countryside near Gorebridge and Vogrie Country Park, but not on a bus route. Own transport is essential. DUTIESAssisting with daily living - Lachlan has his own apartment within the family house, and duties may involve reading books, assisting Lachlan to choose and listen to music and TV, preparation of simple foods and snacks, and other activities.Trips out and socialising - there is a van available for th...

Part-time female Personal Assistant St LeonardsClosing date: open£12.32 per hour2 x 3.5 hour shifts 12-3.30pm (approx) Mon - Sun (set days/times to be agreed)Permanent post 5.6 weeks annual leave (pro-rata)This is a rewarding post for a caring person who enjoys vegetarian cooking and helping someone. I'm a nice, creative woman who is housebound with severe ME and needs a kind, reliable and committed PA. Duties are primarily shopping for and cooking healthy veggie food which has to be blended due to gastric issues. Main duties: Shop for, cook and blend foodBring shopping Domestic tasks like cleaning my small flat Trim very small gardenPick up prescriptions, take packages/collect from post office, unpack deliveries, recyclingPush wheelchair if I need to get to an appointmentAny other reasona...

We are looking for someone reliable to look after our 11 year old son for 10 hours a week (although this role could be a job share with 5 hours each) on a Friday afternoon and or Saturday and or Sunday.Our son is autistic, deaf, has learning disabilities and is non-verbal. Our son is a lovely boy but needs constant supervision and is very sensory. He is very active and likes to go out and about e.g. walks, playground, buses, swimming etc - again with constant supervision. He has a few behaviours which need to be managed so we are looking for someone with previous experience. Finally he wears hearing aids but mainly uses limited BSL sign to communicate - experience of sign and deaf awareness would be a plus although training can be provided.As said we are willing to consider this role as a ...

There's no experience needed for this job as you'll learn everything you need to do on the job. Just need a willingness to learn. Best way to describe the job is you are my arms and legs.I am in a powered chair as I have MD. Best way to describe my muscular dystrophy is that I can't use my arms or legs. So I simply need someone to be my arms and legs for me. The job is helping me run my family household and to help me be me, so every day is different.Rate of pay £13.35 per hour.The postThere are six shifts that need to be filled. One personal assistant could do all six shifts or several workers could share the shifts. Employer happy to consider someone who is only interested in doing one shift per week.Available shifts:Monday 1pm to 5pm.Tuesday 1pm to 5pm.Wednesday 1pm to 5pm.Thursday 1pm ...

We’re currently looking for someone to help support our 9 year old son in Tranent. He’s disabled after a cancer diagnosis and brain injury when he was 3. He’s in mainstream school, uses a walking frame/wheelchair to get around and sometimes has delay processing information but he’s independent for a lot of day-to-day tasks. He’s also an absolute character! Loves doing all the usual things a child does at that age-cinema, swimming, parks, days out. He mainly needs assistance getting in and out his walker/wheelchair and assistance with toileting.We’re looking to employ someone for 3-4 hours at a weekend and for 7-8 hours a week during any school holidays. We’re really just looking for someone to take him out to do fun stuff so that we can get a bit of a break and so that my husband and I can...

Looking for BSL Communication Support Workers……..This is an excellent an opportunity to join an established team of highly experienced communication support workers. We are looking for 3-4 more people (working towards level 2 British Sign Language -BSL) who have a solid understanding and working experience of autism to join our excellent team supporting our deaf, autistic 30yr old son and his autistic friend/flatmate, to move out of home into their own flat in Dalkeith, Midlothian. The flat is 30min bus ride from the centre of Edinburgh on No 3 bus. The tenancy has begun and we are aiming to increase the number of sleepovers as soon as possible with shadow shifts and in house training starting immediately. Neither of the guys have challenging behaviour. They are both very peaceful, cheerfu...

I am looking for a reliable and caring individual to assist with my 14 year old son. He has Downs Syndrome; he is very friendly and responsive to the right person.I am looking for someone for four hours on alternate Saturdays or for around three hours a week, after school. The job is based in Uphall.If it is alternate Saturdays, it would be to take my son to his sports club, he also enjoys going to the park to play football and basketball, going ten-pin bowling and trips to the cinema. If after school, then it would be check he has done any schoolwork. He is fine to make himself a snack and then spend time with him at the park or to go to ten-pin bowling.The rate of pay is £13.83 per hour, depending on experience. Ideally, I would like someone with experience of working with a young perso...

Brief description of support workPersonal care primarily with some domestic support to an elderly woman in her home. Blister pack meds. The lady has dementia, poor mobility, is blind, and has a retired guide dog. Lives with husband, who would be your employer. Slight moving and handling. Lives near City Centre – but free car parking for the worker. Has a PA Team of 2 in place but needs additional hours of support as belowHours and rate of pay – up to 35 hours per week at £13 per hour Days and hours – flexible - part or full time to suit, preference for weekends, and 12 hour waking nights available if wished.Person specification A woman of any age who has some basic experience of providing care and support to an adult or older person. Someone with a flexible and relaxed approach and a sense...

Active woman with learning difficulties living in her own home in Gifford, East Lothian, is looking for one or two female Personal Assistants to join a small existing team. The following hours need to be filled:Alternate weekends between 9:30 am Saturday to 5:00 pm Sunday. These hours could be filled by one or two workers splitting the shifts. Applications from people looking for 15 hours or less per week are welcome.In addition, there are separate vacancies for shifts during most of the school holidays, working between 9:30 am and 2:00 pm Mondays to Thursdays.Main duties would be to support her, where necessary, in her daily life, ensuring her safety and wellbeing.She has numerous interests and hobbies and enjoys sport. PAs need to assist her in her involvement and participation in these....