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Personal Assistant ES1086

Job details
Posting date: 18 June 2025
Salary: £14.21 per hour
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 18 July 2025
Location: Newhaven, East Sussex
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Independent Lives
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: ES1086

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Summary

Personal Assistant

Ref: ES1086

Location: Newhaven

Details
This role is to support a Woman

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Employment status:
employed

Hours per week:
16 hours a week Tuesday and Thursday, 9am - 5 pm but I can be flexible to work with any commitments you may have

Hourly pay rate:
£14.21

I am a friendly woman who has just approached her 50’s, living with ADHD and Autism, seeking a support worker to help me maintain my family living environment.

I have a deep love for animals, and my cats and Guinea pigs bring a calming presence to my life.

The role will involve domestic tasks required to maintain my home and occasionally
making and attending appointments with me.



Duties include:
- Housekeeping
- Looking after pets
- Laundry, hoovering, dusting, tidying, washing up and putting away
- Looking after pets occasionally

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
- 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
- Love animals as I have 2 cats and Guinea pigs
- Able to work on own initiative, as the role will involve completing domestic tasks without supervision. I will of course provide training.

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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