Description PLEASE NOTE: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL IS NOT THE EMPLOYER FOR THIS JOB. YOU WILL BE SELF-EMPLOYED. Job Reference: TS695736 Location: Lubbesthorpe LE19 Rate: £16.00 per hour Hours: 10 hours per week - preferably Monday-Friday 7.30am-12pm and/or 2.00pm-5.30pm Contract: Self-Employed, Permanent Closing Date: 31st January 2025 A lady with multiple sclerosis requires personal assistant support with parenting and daily living tasks. Role Requirements You will be required to work flexibly to support the client to fulfil her parental role and responsibilities relating to her two young children. Support may also be required with personal care and daily living tasks. Previous care experience is desired but not essential. This opportunity is suited for someone who is responsible, reliable, patient, and respectful of others’ privacy, dignity, values, and beliefs. You may be a good fit if you are looking to get back into work after caring for a relative or friend. Genuine applicants only please. The role is subject to interview, references and an enhanced DBS check (completed by funding authority). Anything else you need to know: There is a friendly dog in the property. The client's diagnosis of multiple sclerosis causes pain, fatigue, clumsiness, tinnitus, numbness, muscle spasms, stiffness, and reduced mobility. For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Tracy Smith Telephone: 0116 3057745 Email: DPSOemploymentsupportleics.gov.uk How to Apply To apply for this role, please forward an up to date CV by email to DPSOemploymentsupportleics.gov.uk or complete the application form and return it to the email address above. Please remember to quote reference number TS695736 as part of your application. The ‘Apply Now’ button below only allows you to create a job alert for vacancies with Leicestershire County Council, it is not an online application form. Please apply to the email address shown above. 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 be self-employed.