Female Personal Assistant/Support Worker

Ref: DP3282

Location: Rustington

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Details

This role is to support a Woman

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: Yes

Hours per week:

11 hours a week Monday - 5.5 hours Tuesday - 5.5 hours

Hourly pay rate:

£15 per hour

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I am an alternative and slightly eccentric 46-year-old woman who appreciates difference and style, living with a neurological condition called Fibromyalgia and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) meaning my limbs dislocate without warning.

These conditions mean I need support with day-to-day tasks to not exhaust myself or damage my body.

I am looking for Female personal assistant to support me with social and domestic support as well as personal care (when needed) in a bohemian household.

I’m fiercely independent and looking for someone who will help me regain as much of my independence as possible, in the garden and out and about with my dog.

Duties include:

Medication prompting/administering
Personal grooming
Eating and drinking assistance
Moving and handling
Other relevant duties as required
Administration
Housekeeping
Shopping
Cooking
Transportation
Companionship
Dressing / undressing
Bathroom assistance

Laundry – all aspects
Changing bed linen and bed making
Taking the bins out
Washing and bathing/showering – towelling dry/ drying hair when required
Supervision and/or assistance with showering, drying, hair washing/ brushing as required
Help getting into and out of bath/shower as required
To be on call when employer has a shower
Help getting in and out of bed
Collecting my medication from the pharmacy
changed at swimming pool/gym.
Getting in and out of the wheelchair when required on occasion ('transferring')
Supporting me with physiotherapy exercises
Support with parenting e.g. picking up teenage children to visit
The below duties will involve driving the employer in the employer’s car, when required lifting the folding wheelchair in/out of car, pushing the employer’s wheelchair when out. Alternatively, I would use my walking stick
Accompanying on day trips out (e.g. the garden centre, beach, social events) and leisure activities (e.g. swimming lessons, art courses)
Accompanying me to appointments, meetings, courses and workshops
When the employer is staying at another person’s home carrying luggage to and from the car, and helping with packing. Driving the employer to and from the friend’s residence

Candidate qualities:

Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
Able to tolerate the employer smoking in the workplace
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
Must be comfortable with pets
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
Happy to work in a smoking environment

Female* due to personal care needs
Previous experience is preferred but not essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles

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.

Please note, 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.

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