Lead Sidekick

87th St. near Farley St., Overland Park KS

Description

Tired of a corporate job? Tired of customer service? Want to make a difference? Enjoy a challenge? Please check out my Lead Sidekick position! The Lead PA position is a new position, so whomever gets hired will help mold this position. I envision the Lead PA as someone who assists me closely in building and maintaining a full PA team. This includes organizing monthly PA meetings, creating chore schedules, assisting in the hiring process, establishing best practices, communicating on my behalf, and generally supporting the PA team to help me live as fully as possible. The Lead PA will have all the responsibilities of all PAs, plus the lead responsibilities. Full or Part Time. Flexibility to be primary backup highly preferred. What Does A PA for Jason Gallagher Do? A PAs job is to assist me with all the things I can't physically do for myself in order to: ensure my safety; maintain my comfort, health, and welfare; preserve my independence; and support my personal life. This includes (but not limited to) helping me with dressing, toileting, lifting for positioning purposes, personal hygiene, bathing, positioning, house cleaning, running errands, shopping, laundry, organization, more positioning, range-of-motion exercises, cooking, positioning, driving van, training new PAs, and more. PAs work together as a team to support me in achieving my goals and dreams. Would You Make a Great PA? No particular experience required. However, if you are, or ever have been, a dancer, elite fencer, or someone who has successfully completed a feat of great physical and mental agility, then you would be doing yourself a disservice by not signing up for this job (statistical calculations agree that you will make an excellent assistant.) Why? Like these sports, being a PA requires acute physical and mental focus and fortitude. Like a dancer in training, PAs need to learn complex movements from other PAs and listen carefully to precise instructions around spatial relations. PAs need to be able to understand and process high level concepts such as depth proximity, pivoting, angles, rotation, height and reverse left/right perceptions. Good lower body and core strength, and having an understanding of body mechanics make a great PA. Critical thinking and higher reasoning skills, learning from mistakes, and always striving to improve are also great qualities in a PA. Who is Jason Gallagher? Jason Gallagher is me. I am a 41 year-old guy who enjoys classic computer games, board games, movies, baseball and Doctor Who. My friends say that I am thoughtful, compassionate, and a bit of a smarty-pants. I have this disability called Muscular Dystrophy, which is a degenerative muscle disease that takes away my ability to do most things for myself physically, but does not take away my independence. Check out my page on FB:. What Are the Basic (and I do mean basic) Requirements? Must: -Have lived at least 18 years of life. -Be able to physically lift me. (125lbs.) -Have valid driver's license to drive a full size van. -Pass a background check. -Be cool with bodily functions and personal care tasks. -Be a human of any gender. -Be able to vibe What Else Do You Need to Know? *This job pays $17.50 an hour. *End of year paycheck bonus. (Only eligible if part of the team in December. Bonus not guaranteed, but highly likely) *You must be eligible to work in the United States of America, and understand that taxes will be removed from your paycheck. I receive State of Kansas funds through the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waiver. Your paychecks will be paid by the payroll agency Life Patterns, Inc (). *This job is located in Overland Park. Looking for people to fill the following shifts: Morning shift, 7:30am to 3pm; Evening shift, 3pm to 10:30pm; Which days of the week, and how many hours a week, will depend on your availability, so let me know when you are available to work. How Do You Apply? If you are ready to take on the job of your lifetime, then e-mail me at [email protected] and let me know your story and why you think you would rock this job. Include in your answer your favorite movie, or a reference from that movie. Covid-19 Information: *All PAs are to wash hands immediately upon entering my apartment. *Masks are optional on your shift. I have masks available if you need some. Keywords: Personal Assistant, PA, Personal Care Assistant, PCA, Caregiver, Direct Support Worker, DSW, nursing, nurse, DSP, Direct Support Professional, retail, customer service, assistant manager