PLEASE NOTE: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL IS NOT THE EMPLOYER FOR THIS JOB. YOU WILL EITHER BE SELF-EMPLOYED OR DIRECTLY EMPLOYED BY THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING.
Job Reference: AE261286
Location: Birstall, LE4
Rate: £12.44 per hour if directly employed or £16.00 per hour if self-employed
Hours: 6.25 hours per week, to be worked 8:30am - 9:15am Monday to Sunday, and 5:30pm - 6:00pm on Saturday and Sunday
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 11th March 2025
You will be supporting the client to get ready for their day.
Role Requirements
You'll support the client with the following:
1. personal care (washing and dressing)
2. prompting of medication
3. preparing breakfast
4. warm up a meal/prepare a sandwich
5. light domestic tasks
The client enjoys knitting, arts and crafts. There are no pets within the property.
Working hours will be:
8:30am - 9:15am Monday to Sunday
5:30 - 6:00pm Saturday and Sunday
There is a possibility of an increase to weekly hours in the future.
Further information
The client has Anxiety and Depression (the client’s husband passed away May 2024 which they believe has impacted their mental health), Epilepsy, Neurofibromatosis (type 2), Right facial nerve palsy, TIA (May 2023).
The client is Deaf and communication is via lip-reading, therefore she can struggle with accents and requires full, clear spoken sentences.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.
Benefits include:
6. 5.6 weeks paid holiday (directly employed Personal Assistants)
7. Access to a workplace pension (directly employed Personal Assistants)
8. DBS paid for by funding authority
9. Mileage paid directly by the client.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Annette Evans
Telephone: 0116 305 7046
Email:
and return it to the email address above. Please remember to quote reference number AE261286 as part of your application.
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This advert has been placed by Leicestershire County Council on behalf of a direct payments recipient. Leicestershire County Council is not the employer. You will either be self-employed or directly employed by the individual that you will be supporting.