Position
Personal Assistant / Care Assistant
Job reference:
JL08/15/KE/WEEKDAY
Hours
8 hours per week; 4 hours on a Monday and 4 hours on a Thursday from 10am to 2.00pm.
Rate
£11.44 per hour
Area
Barton Seagrave, Kettering (NN15 Area)
About the employer
The employer is an independent gentleman living in his own home. He is a wheelchair user.
A personal assistant is sought to supplement his existing support and so enable his continued independent living.
Main Duties
• To take the Employer out into the community, to go for breakfast or to access other local amenities.
• General light household duties as requested and watering of the plants in the garden if needed.
• Any other task which the Employer may reasonably ask you to do which falls within the scope of the job as a Personal Assistant.
• A driving licence is needed so that you can drive the Employer’s Motability vehicle (insurance restrictions apply).
• There is no personal care required.
Additional employment information
The successful applicant will be friendly, able to give empathetic support, while respecting the employer’s independence but also able to take instruction.
Must be flexible, trustworthy and active with a good sense of humour.
Please note you will be directly employed by the person (or their representative) that you will be assisting. The Council is not the employer.
Sponsorship cannot be provided by individual employers. Your right to work in the UK must be confirmed already.