Personal Assistant
Ref: CC479
Location: Croydon
Details
This role is to support a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: No
Hours per week:
31.5 hours available
Hourly pay rate:
£11.44. Bank holiday rate £11.50.
I am caring and honest person. I like to be as independent as possible, but I do need support to manage with my personal care and domestic tasks.
At home I like to watch the telly or listen to music. When I’m well enough I like to get out for shopping or go to the garden centre or swimming etc. but need support to do this. I have some medical appointments to attend too so to accompany me on these during working hours would also be required. This role is to provide me with support throughout the day on either a morning or afternoon shift rota, this can be discussed and balanced with the other PAs. I’m happy to be flexible to the hours and shifts that a PA can work – to be discussed at interview.
I need physical support with personal care, cleaning and meal prep etc as well as some emotional support at times due to my anxiety and PTSD, for this reason a calm and considerate PA is needed.
My property is located near to Croydon Mayday hospital and is well accessed by public transport.
Duties include:
- Laundry- all aspects
- Changing/ making bed
- Taking out rubbish
- Minor household maintenance e.g. changing light bulbs, taking down curtains for washing, cleaning window ledges
- Making phone calls on my behalf when I am too unwell to do this
- Washing and bathing/ showering- towel drying and drying hair
- Assistance with applying cream
- General hair/skin/teeth nail care
- Using the toilet and changing pads
- Helping with other aspects of personal care as required, for example assisting employer to get changed in swimming pool.
- Getting in and out of the wheelchair/bed ('transferring')
- Physiotherapy exercises and massage
- Accompany and assist employer on shopping trips when required, support with shopping online
- Accompany employer when accessing social and leisure activities, including to swimming lessons, the gym.
- Helping with errands e.g. post office, collecting medications
- Accompany employer to doctors/hospital, physio or therapy appointments etc when required.
- Pushing the employer’s wheelchair when out. Alternatively, I would use my walking stick.
- Whilst on duty at the employer’s home watching TV, making tea/sandwich otherwise I do not like too many noises or fast movement around me.
Candidate qualities:
- Serious, responsible, honest, kind, caring, flexible, vigilant
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
