Personal Assistant
Ref: CSES599
Location: Battle
Details
This role is to support a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: Yes
Employment status:
employed
Hours per week:
20 hours per week. Hours can be discussed at interview.
Hourly pay rate:
£12.00
I’m a free spirited, positive person whose body refuses to play nice with what I want from life. I love to explore, whether it’s nature, new crafts (to add to the graveyard of unfinished projects), new places, historic sites, all things a little bit hippie and nerdy or just bargains in charity shops and boot-sales.
Life has taught me that the little things are all adventures to be cherished and I want to experience as many as I can, with your help this will be possible for me. I intend to start small and begin to travel the UK when my bravery gets big.
Duties include:
- Helping me to walk, feed, toilet etc my assistance dog
- Handling my assistance dog during appointments
- Domestic tasks - my home is extremely organised
- Assistance with dressing and undressing including compression garments
- Preemptively helping with things I shouldn’t do like bending/ lifting etc
- Being supportive and kind and keeping me company on adventures
Candidate qualities:
- Be a dog lover and happy to learn and maintain her training schedules with me
- Happy to drive a large wheelchair accessible vehicle
- Be comfortable with wheelchair use and help navigate accessibility
- Be open to flexible hours and some travel
- Have good humour as I deal with life’s miseries with laughter
- Be open and communicative
- Have similar interests – I don’t want you bored while I’m having the time of my life!
- I have a lowered immune system and need you to be proactive if you are ill or could be ill
- Be open to occasional days out, weekend trips or overnight trips to friends/ appointments etc
- Be comfortable driving me to and collecting me from visits with friends/ family etc.
- Be flexible with fortnightly or monthly changes to the scheduled hours to make allowances for appointments, activities, travel etc
- Be comfortable with or open to certain training or courses to learn about my conditions /disabilities if necessary
Additional requirements
Non-smoker due to medical reasons, Vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission
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
