Support Worker/Personal Care Assistant BRR8857


Company:	Independent Lives
Salary:	£12.71
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Ifield, Crawley, RH11 0FX
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	16 Jul 2026
Closing date:	15 Aug 2026

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Summary

Support Worker/Personal Care Assistant

Ref: BRR8857

Location: Ifield, Crawley

Details

This role is to support a Child

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Employment status:

Employed

Hours per week:

Either 4 hours on a Friday, from 4/5pm or the 4 hours can be worked on a Saturday or Sunday - times to be discussed

Hourly pay rate:

£12.71

I am a bubbly, but very chilled 4 year old girl with hydrocephalus and a heart condition. I am non verbal, tube fed and can crawl and sit up independently.

My mum would like you to take me out to the park and support me with play activities at home. My favourite activities are watching Bluey on tv and looking at my Blue books, stacking boxes and bouncing.

You would also be required to change my nappies, bathe and dress me, tube feed me, and keep me safe and supervised at all times. Although aged 4 I am more the size of a 1.5 year old.

Experience in providing support to children with disabilities, patience and reliability is essential. Driver with own car needed.

You must also be fit and healthy to undertake the required duties. The role will include lifting me, pushing me in my pushchair, and carrying me up/down stairs.

Duties include:

- Eating and drinking assistance

- Moving and handling

- Transportation

- Companionship

- Dressing / undressing

- Bathroom assistance

- Tube feeding

Candidate qualities:

- Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality

- Reliable with good timekeeping

- Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative

- Hygienic, tidy and well organised

- Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties

- Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills

- Honest and cheerful

- Creative

- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard

- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

- Experienced in providing support to children with disabilities

Additional requirements

Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours

Notes:

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

If you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9

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