Personal/Support Assistant
Ref: CC603
Location: Croydon
Details This role is to support a Woman The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: No
Employment status: employed
Hours per week: 10 hours per week. Monday to Friday afternoons with the option of some weekend work. Specific times to be discussed and agreed upon at the interview and with some flexibility for the right person.
Hourly pay rate: £13.25
Hello! I am a working mum to a delightful four-year-old, and I need your help to live life to the fullest. I consider myself positive and creative, and after a challenging time, I am looking for your support to bring my sparkle back. As a newly single mum, my daughter is my absolute world. She would describe me as fun, imaginative, loving and giving. My auto-immune condition means that I have restricted mobility, fatigue, and pain and daily brain fogging, so taking care of everything by myself is often overwhelming, but hopefully with your practical help, positivity and enthusiasm combined with mine, I can start to feel like me again.
I struggle with housework and basic tasks; I can’t shop or get outside much because my condition means my walking is severely restricted. The main focus of the role is assisting me in running my household in a way that works for me. Ensuring the home is running smoothly with consideration of mobility issues and safety for a four year old. This includes keeping track of household supplies and informing me in advance when items need to be reordered. Also, medical appointments and keeping track of medications. I’m dyslexic so help with the basic forms and school notices, holiday club administration, ensuring we’re signed up properly to right things would be a huge help.
It is important that you are organised and observant, able to identify potential problems such as household items running low, or items left in the wrong location, and can solve these problems independently as my fibromyalgia can flare up and affect my memory, meaning I am unable to. Pro-active in doing the job, looking for where you can help and support or get things organised and stay organised in a practical way with a little one.
I’m really looking forward to 2025 being positive and hope that you joining us will make it a great year.
Duties include:
Moving and handling
Other relevant duties as required
Administration
Housekeeping
Cooking
Companionship
Personal Care Support - All personal care can be completed independently at the moment, it is but having someone there in case something goes wrong (e.g. helping me, or getting my daughter, in and out of the bath)
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
Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
Organised and Observant: Ability to notice when household products are running low and inform me in plenty of time.
Problem Solver: Capable of thinking on your feet and finding the best ways to assist, especially when my fibromyalgia flares up and affects my memory
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