Job title: Personal Assistant (PA)

Reporting to: The Employer

Location: Wolverhampton WV1

Hours of work: 7 hours per week.

Rate of pay: £13.00 per hour.

Job purpose:

To assist with a variety of tasks which will enable the employer who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.

About the employer:

Assisting a 58-year-old lady who suffers with rheumatoid arthritis and several health conditions living in the WV1 of Wolverhampton, with all aspects of personal care, medication administration, meal preparation, light housework duties, support to go shopping.

Main duties:

Social duties

• keep in touch and socialise with family and friends
• attend medical appointments if required
• access the local community

Personal care: Support with all personal care.

Domestic duties: Support with grocery shopping, cooking and serving nutritious meals and snacks, cleaning, changing linen, laundry.

These duties may vary from day-to-day.

Type of person that you/they are looking for:

• Values: 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, understands equality & diversity.
• Specific requirements: someone with previous care & support experience. Must be a driver.

Skills, qualifications, and experience

Essential:

• driving licence
• car and appropriate insurance
• previous care & support experience
• confidentiality
• good at building relationships

Preferred:

• computer literate
• good communicator
• a good listener
• ability to support people with behaviours which challenge.

Successful applicants will require DBS checks & Employment References.

This role is funded by the Local Authority and is paid 4 weekly.