Support Worker/Personal Care Assistant

Ref: BRR303

Location: Seaford

Details

I am looking for personal care for a Man

Drivers licence required: No

Hours per week:

Approx. 10.00am-1.00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

Hourly pay rate:

£12.00

I am a 49 year old man with memory, concentration and mobility difficulties.

I can be hyper-anxious and also need time to absorb information, gather my thoughts and carry out activities.

I also have a serious allergy to cats.  I smoke but don’t allow smoking inside my home.

Support needed with admin. tasks/paperwork, domestic tasks, decluttering and shopping.

You may also be required to help me with contacting friends, going out to a café or an appointment occasionally.

I am looking for a PA with experience of dealing with admin/paperwork. Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard.

Enthusiasm and an ability to be imaginative, think outside of the box and problem solve is essential.

You should also be very patient, reliable, hygienic, tidy-minded and well organized.

You would report to me as your employer.

Duties include:

  • Other relevant duties as required
  • Administration
  • Housekeeping
  • Shopping
  • Cooking

  • Occasionally accompanying and assisting with appointments, going to a café, going for a walk.

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
  • Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
  • Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

  • Enthusiastic and imaginative
  • Experienced with admin. tasks and problem solving

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 employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives. Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9