Personal Assistant/ Support Worker
Ref: DP884
Location: Rustington
Details
This role is to support a Woman
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Hours per week: 8 hours a week - Monday and Thursday preferably, to be discussed
Hourly pay rate: £13 per hour, mileage expenses 45p per mile
Are you looking to help someone bring back their sparkle? Look no further! I am a bubbly, intelligent, competent and honest woman who has a massive love for all things music. Those who know me would describe me as ‘easy to get on with’ and ‘lovely to be around’. One of my favourite things to do is sing and listen to music – I also sing in a choir. I love animals, especially my cat Dave, so a shared love of cats would be great!
I am looking for someone to accompany me doing things I enjoy, and this can range from going for walks along the beach when I am up for it (no matter the weather!), to going to the cinema or theatre.
I have a large collection of incense and wax melts, and more often that not, have candles burning. I also vape so you must be comfortable with this, but it does not bother me if you smoke, you will just have to step outside to do this. I can have trouble accessing the community, so I would love if you can enable me to enhance my community engagement. I can have bad days mentally so someone who can cheer me up with distractions is ideal. This could be from helping me to clean my flat to doing online yoga videos with me!
An ideal PA would be chatty, engaging, and proactive – I am open to suggestions on what we can do, so someone with a creative mind would be amazing. Also, there is a need to be able to understand the complexity of my mental health and physical health issues as my life can get busy and confusing! I need you to help me make a positive difference and to improve my quality of life…
Duties include:
Medication prompting/administering
Other relevant duties as required
Administration
Housekeeping
Shopping
Cooking
Transportation
Companionship
Looking after pets
Prompting of personal grooming
Accompanying to hospital/doctors appointments
Maintaining my environment
General daily living tasks
Encouragement to do things I am a capable of for myself
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
Must be comfortable with pets
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
Able to tolerate the employer vaping in the workplace
Animal lover
Encouraging
Chatty
Communicative
Proactive
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