Female Personal Assistant
Please note: Personal Assistant
(Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, PART 1 Applies)
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Location: Nuneaton, West Midlands
Hourly Rate of pay: £11.44
Contract Type: Casual
Hours per week: Up to 14 per week when covering annual leave
When you are Required
Specific days/times required:
• Monday, 12.00-4.00pm
• Tuesday, 12.00-2.00pm
• Wednesday, 12.00-4.00pm
• Friday, 12.00-4.00pm
About the Employer
I am a young, bright, intelligent female adult looking for people who really want to work in the care world. I am offering 1 job placement to support me with personal care, domestic support and social activities And to be my personal assistant bank staff to cover the hours of annual leave, bank holidays and sickness when my other personal assistant is off. The hours and days are set so they can not be changed.
Employer Disability and Health Conditions
• Mobility / Physical • Cognitive / Learning
The employer's hobbies and interests:
• shopping • places of interest• visiting friends and family
Other relevant information
• The individual keeps pets in the home. one budgie.
About the Role
Duties and Responsibilities
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support the individual to look after/care for pets.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.
The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.
You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.
Required Skills
• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To work as part of a team.
• To be able to follow instructions accurately.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Previous caring experience is essential.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
• Have a lively personality.
be able to push my wheelchair when supporting me in the community. As I get around my home on my knees you may be asked to support me on the floor
Required Training
Successful candidates are required to undertake any training that is considered necessary and appropriate to the role.
Moving and Handling. Training will be provided by the employer.
First Aid. Training will be provided by the employer.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .