Overview
Job title: Personal Assistant (PA)
Reporting to: The Employer
Location: Loftus, TS13
Job purpose: To assist with a variety of tasks which will assist the employer who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.
About the employer: Our client is a 43-year-old female living in the Loftus area who is looking to recruit a Personal Assistant to provide support for 2 hours per week. Our client lives with her partner and young daughter. Our client suffers with poor mobility and is a full-time wheelchair user and has poor mental health and can sometimes struggle to carry out daily activities such as cooking, cleaning, and accessing the community.
Main duties
* Support with personal care x 4 days per week. These duties may vary from day-to-day.
Person specification
* Values: Someone that is honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, ability to build good relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, able to work alone, positive, willingness to travel and understands equality & diversity.
* Other: Due to the nature of this role including personal care the potential employer will be considering female applicants only.
Hours and pay
* Hours of work: 2 hours per week - 4 x 30-minute visits
* Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday
* Rate of pay: £12.21 per hour
Skills, qualifications, and experience
* Essential:
o Previous care/support experience
o Confidentiality
o Good at building relationships
* Preferred:
o Good communicator
o A good listener
o Ability to support people with complex needs
Successful applicants will require DBS checks & Employment References.
This role is funded by the Local Authority and is paid 4 weekly.
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