To assist with a variety of tasks which will enable/assist Tiger-Lily who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.
About the employer:
Tiger-Lily is a 23 year old neuro-diverse gender-fluid person (pronouns she/they). They were attending an acting course in Leeds which is their interest but are now disabled with no education or training. The disabilities and health conditions are complex and severe - functional neurological disorder, functional gut disorder, autoimmune hepatitis, celiac disease, ADHD and anxiety. They speak English as a first language, although they struggle with communication sometimes due to ticks and non-epileptic seizures which are frequent. They are a wheelchair user. They have 2 kittens and a cat. They love art, gaming, films, and collecting figurines.
Main duties:
● Keep on top of and attend medical appointments
● Retrieve prescriptions
● To get the wheelchair out and up the steps
● Attend social events such as concerts, LGBTQIA+ groups, cinema, going to the park, out and about, etc.
● Domestic duties, for example, support with grocery shopping, cooking and serving nutritious meals and snacks, cleaning, taking care of pets, changing linen, laundry and recycling. These duties may vary from day to day.
● Assistance with calls and emails
Type of person that they are looking for:
● Honest and reliable
● Being punctual, adaptable and flexible - willingness to travel
● Ability to build good relationships based on trust and respect
● Easy going and positive
● Understands equality and diversity
● Has a good sense of humour
● Likes animals
Specific requirements:
Due to the nature of this role, Tiger-Lily will be considering female applicants only.
What you can expect to receive:
The candidate can obtain training from the Leeds PA Training hub.
Ideal training would be for manual handling, first aid, understanding of neurological conditions - how they present and its impact (specifically in seizures, tic attacks).
Hours of work: Flexible hours to be mutually agreed.
Skills, qualifications and experience:
● Full UK driving licence - with a car and appropriate insurance
● Knowledge of LGBTQIA+ identities
● Knowledge of UK health and social care processes and organisations
● Good at building relationships
● Has good computer literacy
● Good communicator and listener
● Ability to support people with behaviours that may be challenging and fluctuate in presentation
Leeds DP and PA Support Hub are a Leeds City Council team supporting individuals in receipt of the Direct Payment package.
Our Independent Living Teams support disabled people of all ages to take control of any help they need with personal care, daily living tasks and getting out and about in their community. This includes supporting people to recruit, manage and pay their own support workers, usually called Personal Assistants (PAs). Employing PAs enables our customers to choose who they want to provide their support and how and when the support is provided, to suit their and their families' lifestyles.
Our customers include individual disabled and older people, parents with disabled children and carers of disabled adults.
Leeds CIL provides a full payroll service to individual employers of Personal Assistants. Their dedicated team of Finance Support Workers currently support over 1,000 individual employers to pay their PAs every month.