Personal Assistant/Buddy MVES1104
CAPTION: Job details
* Posting date: 15 September 2025
* Salary: £12.21 per hour
* Hours: Part time
* Closing date: 15 October 2025
* Location: Crowborough, East Sussex
* Remote working: On-site only
* Company: Independent Lives
* Job type: Permanent
* Job reference: MVES1104
Summary
Personal Assistant/Buddy
Ref: MVES1104
Location: Crowborough
Details
This role is to support a Man
* Drivers licence required: Yes
* Own vehicle needed: Yes
* Employment status: employed
* Hours per week: 3 hours a week to begin with. Day and time to be arranged
* Hourly pay rate: £12.21
I am a friendly active man in my mid 70's. I'm looking for a personal assistant to be a buddy and spend time with me doing the things I enjoy.
I like to get out to the pub and watch sport, go out for walks and spend time listening to stories and colouring in pictures.
I have a diagnosis of dementia so need help to keep safe.
This is a rewarding role for the right person.
Duties include:
* Transportation
* Companionship
Candidate qualities:
* Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
* Reliable with good timekeeping
* Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
* Hygienic, tidy and well organised
* Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
* Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
* Honest and cheerful
* Creative
* Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
* Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
Additional requirements
Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours
Notes:
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.
Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.
Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
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