Personal Assistant DP7782
Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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Salary: | £11.44 per hour |
Hours: | Part time |
Closing date: | 26 May 2024 |
Location: | Worthing, West Sussex |
Remote working: | On-site only |
Company: | Independent Lives |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | DP7782 |
Summary
Reference Number: DP7782
Location: Goring by Sea, Worthing
Hours per week: 1 hour a day Monday – Friday between 8:30am and 9:30am
Hourly pay rate: £11.44
Mileage rate (if applicable):
Details
I am looking for care for a: woman
The candidate should be: a woman*
Driving licence required: no
Access to own vehicle required: no
Overnight care required: no
Job Description
Summary
I am a friendly and chatty lady with a direct and fair manner, I am looking for support to help me get ready in the mornings. I have a keen interest in music and love cooking. The successful applicant will be comfortable providing personal care as you will be helping me get showered and dressed and ready for the day ahead.
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
Other Personal Qualities:
• Previous experience preferred but this is not as essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles.
Employee Duties:
• Medication prompting/administering
• Personal grooming
• Moving and handling
• Other relevant duties as required
• Cooking
• Must be comfortable with pets
• Dressing / undressing
Additional duties:
• Support and supervision with showering
• Support with washing back and legs
• Opening toothpaste cap
• Support to dry and apply creams
• Support to get dressed
• Support with eye drops
• Support to make hot drinks
• Support with making lunch/meals for the day
Additional requirements
• Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.
Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives. Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.
Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be engaged directly by the individual and not Independent Lives. This role is for a self-employed worker, successful applicants will be required to prove self-employed status and undergo self-employment checks.
*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
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