Personal Assistant

Ref: CSES589

Location: Forest Row

Details

This role is to support a Woman

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Employment status:

Hours per week:

11 hours per week, an hour per day Monday - Friday Lunch times, the remaining 6 hours can be more flexible.

Hourly pay rate:

£12.00

I am looking for kind and caring PA’s, who will help my Mum. She is a 76 year old lady who came to live in England at the age of 20 from the Greek part of Cyprus, she is bilingual speaking both English and Greek.

My Mum has recently been diagnosed with mid stage dementia She is able to look after her personal care at present.  She needs  reminding to eat and help with cooking lunch and dinner daily.  Help is also required to apply her daily patch/medication and take her  daily supplements.

She would also like support with her garden, which is very important to her and also the opportunity to go out once a week to shop, have a coffee and socialise.  Equally important, she needs companionship and someone to be with her to help with the isolation she may be feeling since moving to Forest Row after the death of her husband 2 years ago.

Duties include:

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

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
  • Must be comfortable with pets
  • Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

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.

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

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