PA wanted for 80 year old gentleman Ref: CB2250 Location: Corsham Details This role is to support a Man Drivers licence required: Preferred Employment status: Employed or Self-employed Hours per week: 16 hours per week Hourly pay rate: £14.20 - We seek a friendly and caring Personal Assistant for our father, who has short-term memory difficulties, often forgetting daily tasks. We hope you can help him to live an enriched life, enthusing him to continue his passions, while ensuring his basic needs are in place. A well-educated, cultured man who has dedicated his life to helping others and still tries, he loves word games, music, church, photography, telling stories and walking in nature. He needs support in managing admin, shopping, cooking, cleaning, tidying, remembering appointments, and maintaining a healthy routine; and prompting for personal care, medication, eating well etc, rather than hands-on assistance. This could be a job-share, e.g. 2 x 8 hours per week, or other convenient split. - Duties include: - Medication prompting/administering - Other relevant duties as required - Administration - Housekeeping - Shopping - Cooking - 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. 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 .