Personal Assistant (Coalville, Leicestershire)

PLEASE NOTE: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL IS NOT THE EMPLOYER FOR THIS JOB. YOU WILL BE DIRECTLY EMPLOYED BY THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING.

Job Reference: AE272

Location: Coalville LE67

Rate: £15.71 per hour day rate and £13.71 per hour night rate

Hours: 24 hours per week - one day per week to be broken down into 15 day hours and 9 night hours

Contract: Temporary, initially for six months

Closing Date: 11th November 2026

We are looking for a friendly person to assist a 36-year-old sociable person with living a full life.

Role Requirements

You will be required to provide full assistance with:

• showering and personal care
• all meal and drink preparation (they are following a healthy diet)
• daily medication
• all household tasks (laundry, dusting, hoovering, washing up/drying etc.)

They also require support with accessing the community.

Ideally you will hold a driving licence although this is not essential. The client has their own accessible wheelchair vehicle.

You must be able to work on a flexible rota and provide cover for sickness and holidays if needed.

About the Person You Will Support

The client is an electric wheelchair user with Quadriplegic Spastic Cerebral palsy, a severe learning disability, Autism and sleep apnoea. They can wake at night and require reassurance and support to go back to sleep. They require time to process information, which needs to be given in short simple sentences.

The client uses an electric wheelchair in and out of the home. There is also a manual wheelchair for emergencies if the electric wheelchair stops working. The client needs to be hoisted for all transfers on a 1:1 basis

The client enjoys:

• accessing the community to go shopping e.g. Fosse Park
• walks to Bradgate Park with lunch out
• local breakfast club
• visiting family (Nana)
• being out in the garden (fully wheelchair accessible)
• pyjama day on a Sunday with a cooked breakfast
• wearing nice clothes and to choose from two options
• childlike, slapstick humour

They dislike:

• loud noises (due to making her jump)
• being rushed, so plenty of time needs to be allowed for personal care etc.
• their electric wheelchair being broken
• three-quarter length sleeves (will try to constantly pull them down)

This opportunity is suited for someone who is responsible, reliable, calm, empathetic and caring in challenging situations, and respectful of others’ privacy, dignity, values, and beliefs. Genuine applicants only please.

Benefits for an employed PA include:

• 5.6 weeks paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Pension, Tax and NI contributions

The role is subject to interview, references and a DBS check (paid for the funding authority if you do not already have a certificate).

Please note, the advert may close before the deadline date if a high number of responses are received.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Annette Evans

Telephone: 0116 3057046

Email: DPSOemploymentsupport@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

To apply for this role, please forward an up to date CV by email or complete the application form and return it to the email address above. Please remember to quote reference number AE272 as part of your application.

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This advert has been placed by Leicestershire County Council on behalf of a direct payments recipient. Leicestershire County Council is not the employer. You will be directly employed by the individual that you will be supporting.