Personal assistant/social buddy DP6113a
| Posting date: | 10 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Location: | Chichester, West Sussex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Independent Lives |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | DP6113a |
Summary
Personal assistant/social buddy
Ref: DP6113a
Location: Chichester
Details
This role is to support a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Employment status:
employed
Hours per week:
4 hours a week, 2 hours Friday and 2 hours on another day of the week which is flexible
Hourly pay rate:
£12.50
I am a lady with MS and I need help accessing the community. Due to my condition I can sometimes walk but on my bad days I would need to use an electric wheelchair to get around.
Duties include:
- Personal grooming
- Companionship
- Dressing / undressing
- Making a cup of tea and sandwich after I come home.
- Helping me to get changed for swimming
- Assistance with towel drying and getting dressed afterwards.
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
- Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
- Honest and cheerful
- Creative
- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
- Must be comfortable with pets
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
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.
Please note, 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.
*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
Ref: DP6113a
Location: Chichester
Details
This role is to support a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Employment status:
employed
Hours per week:
4 hours a week, 2 hours Friday and 2 hours on another day of the week which is flexible
Hourly pay rate:
£12.50
I am a lady with MS and I need help accessing the community. Due to my condition I can sometimes walk but on my bad days I would need to use an electric wheelchair to get around.
Duties include:
- Personal grooming
- Companionship
- Dressing / undressing
- Making a cup of tea and sandwich after I come home.
- Helping me to get changed for swimming
- Assistance with towel drying and getting dressed afterwards.
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
- Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
- Honest and cheerful
- Creative
- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
- Must be comfortable with pets
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
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.
Please note, 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.
*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
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