Team of Personal Assistants Wanted Ref: DP1041b Location: Burgess Hill Details This role is to support a Woman Drivers licence required: Yes Own vehicle needed: Yes Employment status: Employed Hours per week: 13 hours per week. Extra hours for holiday and sickness cover may also be available. Please apply with your availability. Hourly pay rate: £17.50 per hour - We are a friendly and sociable married couple looking for a team of PAs, to support us with living independently in our own home. Tasks will involve personal care, preparing meals and general domestic tasks such as helping with shopping and changing bedding. Accessing the local community may be required, with assistance needed to push a manual wheelchair. Community visits may include accompanying to medical appointments. Please apply if you can do any of the hours listed. - Duties include: - Personal grooming - Eating and drinking assistance - Other relevant duties as required - Housekeeping - Shopping - Cooking - Companionship - Dressing / undressing 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 always work to high standards of health & safety 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. 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. Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion. 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 .