Personal Assistant.
Monday to Sunday/ 10 hours per week
To assist in all areas of personal and domestic need as required, and to act as an escort and aid to the employer’s social and day to day activities.
Duties (As required, instructed or directed by employer)
• Assist with personal care support: - When required
• General household duties: -
dusting
vacuuming / mop
empty bins
make and change bed
cleaning of rooms
laundry / drying / ironing clothes
washing up.
• Assistance with shopping and associated tasks.
• Escort to other business and social meetings/events.
Requires driver with full licence and ability to drive an automatic car.
Working with Disabled Employers
To provide assistance at the right time, enabling the employer to lead an independent/individual lifestyle in their own home within the community.
The PA should understand their role to assist with the self-defined needs of their disabled employer, and feel confident to ask what these needs are, and listen to requests and follow directions given.
The PA should:
• meet the job’s physical requirements (eg.moving & handling)
• Arrive at the required times ready to work.
• Contact immediately if going to be more than 15 minutes late.
• Establish close working relationship on one to one basis.
• If problems arise, discuss & resolve immediately.
• Have some understanding of Mental Health.
• Maintain confidentiality, respect privacy of employer.
• Have a current driving licence.
The PA’s Attitude:—
• Appreciate stresses & strains of disabled employer, and the effect this can have on the acceptance of help.
• Understand that the preservation of dignity & independence is important.
• Respect the possessions & equipment in the employer’s home.
• Use of the telephone, television, radio etc should only be with employer’s prior consent.
• Any questions regarding tasks should be clarified before starting.
• Duties/hours of work required may vary according to requirements.
Learning the Job
Daily tasks will be learnt and familiarised through PA & employer working together. There are Moving & Handling & Hoist Awareness Courses that can be arranged. If PAs do not have formal training certificates, then we recommend that training courses are taken.
PA Qualities Required
Resilience
Reliable & trustworthy
Able to accept responsibility
Able to work on own, and as part of team
Work with initiative if necessary
Clean and have no unhygienic habits
Willing to learn the job well
Diligent and conscientious.
* If you are invited to interview, you will be required to bring documentation proving your entitlement to work in the UK.
* As a condition of employment, you may be required to obtain a DBS.