PLEASE NOTE: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL IS NOT THE EMPLOYER FOR THIS JOB. YOU WILL EITHER BE SELF-EMPLOYED OR DIRECTLY EMPLOYED BY THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING.
Job Reference: LM718478
Location: Melton Mowbray, LE14
Rate: £12.44 per hour if directly employed or £16.00 per hour if self-employed
Hours: 4 hours per week, to be worked on a Tuesday morning
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 28th February 2025
You will be supporting a sociable client to maximise their independence and access community social and recreational activities.
Role Requirements
You'll support the client with accessing the local community and social interaction including:
1. visiting the local market
2. getting out and about
The client enjoys visiting the local market and getting out and about in the community. They have an interest in cars and birds of prey. They require Personal Assistant support to visit the local area for social interaction.
The Personal Assistant may be required to drive so will need to have their own vehicle with a full, clean, UK driving licence.
The client has young onset Mixed Dementia, and has had recent major open-heart surgery. The client is independently mobile but can be unsteady on his feet at times.
This opportunity is suited for someone who is responsible, reliable, patient and proactive.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.
Benefits include:
3. 5.6 weeks paid holiday (directly employed Personal Assistants)
4. Access to a workplace pension (directly employed Personal Assistants)
5. DBS paid for by funding authority
6. Mileage paid directly by the client.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Telephone: 0116 305 7046
Email:
and return it to the email address above. Please remember to quote reference number LM718478as part of your application.
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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 either be self-employed or directly employed by the individual that you will be supporting.