Job Reference CG GI
Pay Rate £15.72 per hour
Working Pattern Full-time/Part-time
Location Gorgie, Edinburgh
Closing date N/A
Summary
As a Personal Assistant (PA), your role is to enable Calum, a 33-year-old disabled gentleman and powerchair-user with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, to live independently in his own accessible flat, supporting him to participate in social, recreational and career-related activities, and meeting his health and access needs, including tracheostomy care and PEG feeding. He is currently working freelance as a disability consultant, speaker and researcher, as well as studying for his master’s in social and political science at the University of Edinburgh. His interests include art, literature, film, music, nature, travel, history, activism and technology.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist with social, recreational and career-related activities.
- Assist with holidays in the UK and abroad.
- Assist with transport, including driving adapted van.
- Assist with cleaning, laundry and food shopping.
- Assist with eating, drinking, preparing and cooking meals.
- Assist with toileting, showering and dressing.
- Assist with re-positioning in bed overnight.
Essential Skills, Certifications & Qualities
- Compassionate, optimistic and sociable personality.
- Communication, interpersonal skills.
- Administrative, time-management and organisational skills.
- Ability to follow instructions and work under pressure.
- Previous experience delivering tracheostomy care and ventilator maintenance.
- Commitment to person-centred care and social model of disability.
- Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership (or equivalent).
- Driving licence valid in UK.
Additional Information
- Opportunity open to both male and female applicants.
- Staff room available for waking night shifts and rest breaks.
- Recruitment dependent upon successful completion of three paid shadow shifts and staff trainings.
About the Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living
The Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living (LCIL) provides administrative support and payroll services to the employer. This allows them to remain anonymous in the early stages of recruitment to protect their privacy. Our client will contact you by email if you are shortlisted for interview.
Tel: 0131 475 2350
Email: admin@lothiancil.org.uk
Website: https://www.lothiancil.org.uk
How to apply
How to Apply
To apply, email completed application form or CV to pajobs@lothiancil.org.uk, quoting job reference CG GI in the subject line.