Personal Assistant

Ref: CSES134

Location: Saint Leonards-on-sea

Details

This role is to support a Woman

Drivers licence required: Yes

Employment status:

employed

Hours per week:

16 hours per week on a Monday and Friday

Hourly pay rate:

12.00

I am a lady in my fifties, and I enjoy going on shopping trips, meeting friends, craft work, going to the gym and gardening. I am looking for a PA to join my team of existing PA's.

The role will include food preparation and cleaning, along with hoisting, stoma care and supporting me to manage to type 1 diabetes, for which full training will be given.  I am a wheelchair user.

The hours are for 16 per week, on a Monday and Friday, however, there can be some flexibility with this, depending on what is happening on a particular day.

 

Duties include:

  • Medication prompting/administering
  • Personal grooming
  • Moving and handling
  • Clinical tasks
  • Other relevant duties as required
  • Administration
  • Housekeeping
  • Shopping
  • Cooking
  • Transportation
  • Companionship
  • Looking after pets
  • Gardening
  • Dressing / undressing
  • Bathroom assistance

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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