Personal Assistant

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We are looking for a Personal Assistant to help support a young gentleman, who is based near Eaglesfield. This young man has Aspergers - Highly Functional Autism (ASD), and his autism affects him socially. He is looking for support to attend art classes, appointments and to offer companionship. Ideally he would prefer a male personal assistant but will accept a female personal assistant. You will be given 10 hours per week to begin with. This may increase over time depending on his needs. Due to the location you need to have your own transport. For his appointments you will be using your car or the client’s car. You will be reimbursed for your petrol.   

Working with this young Gentleman:

• £13.00 per hour (£14.00 with experience)
• 10 hours per week building to 20 hours
• Experience with ASD an advantage
• Male preferred 
• Friendly and reliable
• Empathy and understanding of the client’s needs
• Good Communication skills
• Own transport due to rural location
• Willing to use own transport to and from appointments etc
• Flexible
• PVG Required.
• Probationary period.

Applying for this position:

Applying for this position is easy. At the bottom of this advert, you can submit your CV and a covering letter directly to our hiring service. You’ll then hear from us within three weeks of the noted closing date. We’ll invite successful candidates to an interview so we can learn more about what makes each other tick, in a safe and secure way.

You can keep a track of your application in your profile management settings.

A full job description of this role is available by clicking here:Job Description - Eaglesfield (1)

For more information on this role, you can call Anne on  01387 403108 or 07395794168 using reference PA1531M.

General Information:

• Please note that Capability Scotland is not the employer but is acting on our client’s behalf, who is the employer.
• Capability Scotland is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We are happy to consider job-share applications if this is suitable for our client’s needs.
• Capability Scotland is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people and conducts thorough pre-employment checks on all preferred candidates on behalf of our client.
• A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.