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Personal Assistant MV5788

Job details
Posting date: 12 June 2025
Salary: £14 per hour
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 12 July 2025
Location: Southwick, Brighton
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Independent Lives
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: MV5788

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Summary

Personal Assistant

Ref: MV5788

Location: Southwick

Details
This role is to support a Woman

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: No

Employment status:
employed

Hours per week:
Term times-1 weekend day a week 12-5pm, 2 evenings a week 5-8pm. The same hours during the holidays but days/times can be flexible.

Hourly pay rate:
£14

We are looking for a personal assistant to keep our daughter company and help her get out and about to do the things she enjoys. She is a friendly, easy-going 22 year old, who enjoys going out shopping and for walks, and enjoys drawing,writing and gaming when at home. This is a rewarding role for the right person.

Duties include:
- Personal grooming
- Eating and drinking assistance
- Other relevant duties as required
- Cooking
- Companionship
- Dressing / undressing
- Bathroom assistance
- Our daughter must be supervised at all times as she has no danger awareness.

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
- Must be comfortable with pets
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

Additional requirements
Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours

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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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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