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Personal Assistant ES3319

Job details
Posting date: 20 June 2025
Salary: £12.21 per hour
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 20 July 2025
Location: Polegate, East Sussex
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Independent Lives
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: ES3319

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Summary

Personal Assistant

Ref: ES3319

Location: Polegate

Details
This role is to support a Woman

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: Yes

Employment status:
employed

Hours per week:
Every other Saturday and Sunday 9am - 3pm

Hourly pay rate:
£12.21

I am looking for a fun, kind, compassionate person to help care for my 35 year old daughter with Retts syndrome every other weekend (both Saturdays and Sundays) 9am-3pm.

My daughter likes to go out for lunch and be out in the general community. She requires help with personal care and medication.

If you are aged 21 or over you can drive our mobility car, therefore a clean driving license would be required.

Duties include:
- Medication prompting/administering
- Personal grooming
- Eating and drinking assistance
- Transportation
- Companionship
- Dressing / undressing

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
- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
- If you are aged 21 or over you can drive our mobility car.

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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