1:1 care for queer creative leader (24.5hr shifts)

Work with a queer creative and CEO to provide 1:1 care and support.

Are you:

• A driver
• A dog-lover
• Queer-friendly
• Fully vaccinated against COVID
• Interested in compressed hours and 24.5 hour shifts
• An adaptable and enthusiastic problem-solver
• Available to work from 07:00 on Sunday morning to 07:30 on Monday morning, then be on-call until 07:30 on Tuesday morning

If so, I have a great job for you. Perfect for people working in the freelance arts and cultural sector, and with no care experience required - come and work with me and provide the 1:1 care and support that keeps me alive and building my life and career.

I'm a profoundly disabled queer arts practitioner, leading organisations and developing solo work. I live with my wife and dog, and travel nationally and internationally. I have a great life. I can do all this because I have fabulous support around me. For more than 11 years, I've been recruiting, training, and managing the team that enable me to live the life I want.

You'll work alongside me as a creative leader, being my arms and legs, and enabling my successful, independent life. You'll provide the personal and medical care I need, from ventilation to bowel management, secure in the knowledge that I'll give you all the training you need to provide the care I require to the level I need.

Work one 24.5-hour shift per week, with one on-call day, earning £335/week plus up to £287 extra for working on-call shifts, with additional overtime available.

Embrace this opportunity to impact an exciting life, support me in high-profile projects, and travel across the UK and Europe. Be part of a fabulous team. Be one of the reasons I can succeed.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £335.00-£622.00 per week

Expected hours: 28.5 – 52.5 per week

Benefits:

• Free flu jabs

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• No weekends
• Overtime
• Weekends only

Application question(s):

• What interested you about this job?
• Are you comfortable learning from heavily text-based materials?
• Are you fully vaccinated against COVID-19? This is mandatory, as I am very vulnerable to respiratory infections.
• Are you willing to get future COVID, flu, and other vaccinations as requested?
• Are you happy around dogs? I own a friendly greyhound, so people need to be comfortable around medium-large dogs
• Are you a confident driver happy to drive a large automatic vehicle?
• Are you happy to learn how to give the necessary care, including intimate personal care, stoma care, bowel management and injections to somebody female (training provided, experience not required)?
• Are you physically fit and strong enough to undertake a role which includes 'manual handling' and supporting me to change position in my bed, chair, and be hoisted and lifted between them (training provided, experience not required)?
• Are you currently based in the UK with the right and ability to work in the UK for more than 25 hours per week? If so, what is your current postcode?
• Are you able to commute to near Lewisham station for an 07:00 start time, for shifts beginning at 07:00 on Sunday morning, and finishing at 07:30 Monday morning (you will be on-call until 07:30 on Tuesday morning so would be required to stay on if the person working on Tuesday was off-sick)?

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 28/04/2024