Job title: Personal Assistant (PA)

Reporting to: The Employer

Location: Loftus, TS13

Hours of work: 2 hours per week - 4 x 30-minute visits

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday

Rate of pay: £12.21 per hour.

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’s 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 fulltime 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.

Type of person that you/they are looking for:

• 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.

Skills, qualifications, and experience

Essential:

• Previous care/support experience
• Confidentiality
• Good at building relationships

Preferred:

• Good communicator
• A good listener
• 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.