PLEASE NOTE: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL IS NOT THE EMPLOYER FOR THIS JOB. YOU WILL BE DIRECTLY EMPLOYED BY THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING.
Job Reference: AE257683
Location: Blaby LE8
Rate: £13.21 per hour
Hours: 3 hours per week - 2 hours on a Saturday and 1 hour on a Sunday, after 12 noon - time to be arranged (hours have potential to increase)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 15th May 2025
A person living in the Blaby area requires support from a Personal Assistant to enjoy going out.
Role Requirements
You will be required to:
1. support with accessing the local community
2. provide emotional support and reassurance
3. support with meal preparation
4. support with aspects of personal care such as helping with washing their hair or upper back in the shower, occasionally supporting with toileting needs due to Fibromyalgia flares
5. undertake domestic/household tasks
6. check that medication has been taken
You must have a full clean driving licence and your own vehicle. The client will pay mileage.
Benefits include:
7. 5.6 weeks paid annual leave (pro rata)
8. pension, tax and NI contributions
This opportunity is suited for someone who is respectful, reliable, positive, patient, and proactive. Genuine applicants only please.
The role is subject to interview, references and a DBS check (paid for by the funding authority if you don't already have one).
Anything else you need to know:
The client enjoys:
9. gaming
10. going out for a coffee
11. getting out of the house
12. Disney films
They have two cats.
The client has been diagnosed with:
13. Hip bursitis
14. Fibromyalgia
15. IBS
16. Acid reflux
17. Sciatica
18. Vestibular migraine
19. Non epileptic seizures (blackouts)
20. Mental health (Emergent PTSD, ADHD, generalised anxiety disorder, depression, emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD))
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Annette Evans
Telephone: 0116 3057046
Email:
and return it to the email address above. Please remember to quote reference number AE257683 as 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 be directly employed by the individual that you will be supporting.