Personal Assistant

Ref: MVES856

Location: Saint Leonards

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Details

This role is to support a Woman

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Employment status:

employed

Hours per week:

Days of work: 5 hours a week. One hour a day, five days a week. The days of work are: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday. This could be at 11am-12:00 on some days and perhaps 4pm-5pm on other days. If the person has flexibility it would be useful as sometimes we will need to book them for longer sessions to cover travelling to appointments

Hourly pay rate:

£12

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We are looking for a caring, attentive, and reliable Personal Assistant (PA) to support our mother. She is in her early 80’s and needs a friendly, organised person to support her with some things in the home and to go on short walks, as she has Mild Cognitive Impairment, meaning she has poor short-term memory and finds planning difficult. She is unconfident walking on her own so needs support to get outside.

Our Mother needs support from someone who is friendly and who understands her house, how everything works and where everything is. She has Mild Cognitive Impairment, she struggles with short term memory and planning ahead. She has just been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, so we need some support planning, labelling meals and buying the correct food. We are starting a food diary, so recording what she eats is useful. We're looking for a proactive, practical and organised person to help her make sure she has everything she needs to start the day. She is able to get up, get dressed and shower and get her breakfast on her own.

Duties include:

Medication prompting/administering
Other relevant duties as required
Administration
Housekeeping
Shopping
Cooking

Short walks
Food planning support

Put laundry washing on, take down dry laundry, folding laundry and putting away.
Help prepare food
Washing up and tidying/ ordering flat.
Ironing clothes

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
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