Personal Assistant to support me and my family CC603a
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £13.25 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 July 2025 |
| Location: | Croydon, London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Independent Lives |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CC603a |
Summary
Personal Assistant to support me and my family
Ref: CC603a
Location: London
This role is to support a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: No
Employment status: employed
Hours per week: Initially 12 hours a week but with possibility for more, afternoons 1pm to 4pm but some flexibility on days and times for the right person.
Hourly pay rate: £13.25 per hour
Hi! I am a working mum to my lovely four-year-old, who needs you to help me live my life to the fullest. I would describe myself as a positive and creative person but have gone through a very tough few years, where my disabilities and mobility has got a lot worse and looking for an energetic, enthusiastic person to be the special person to our family.
As a single mum, my daughter is my absolute world. She would describe me as fun, imaginative, loving and giving. I do my best to give her everything an able bodied mum can and at the same time bring together friends, family and be active in my local community. My friends would describe me as a bubbly person
who brings the fun and sparkle to whatever is going on but in recent years things have become really challenging as my disabilities have worsened.
If you’re a can do, active person who loves ‘Sort your life out’, getting organised, getting things straightened out and can make the practical things are not piling up, you’re the person we need. If you can step in on the bad days, when pain and fatigue cause me to have a full stop, and can use your skills and enthusiasm to help me get the most of out the good days, you’re exactly the
person we need.
My auto-immune condition means that I have restricted mobility, fatigue which can just wipe me out, chronic pain and brain fogging, so taking care of everything and a little person, can be overwhelming.
Hopefully with your practical help, positivity and enthusiasm combined with mine, I can get things properly back on track.
It doesn’t matter whether you have previous care experience, the qualities I look for are an ability to learn quickly, caring, sensitive, organised, and can think on your feet.
A driver would a great benefit, but this is not essential.
Duties include:
Other relevant duties as required
Administration
Housekeeping
Shopping
Cooking
Companionship
Bathroom assistance
Help prepare drinks, snacks and meals
Help with laundry
Rubbish and recycling
Light gardening
Home management so everyday items are in easy reach and in a place that I can remember
Help with pick up and drop off at school
Support with celebrations, outings and holidays
Keeping diary of school must dos and deadlines
Doctors appointments
Form filling and paperwork
Ensuring medications are not running out
Personal care
Accompanying me to appointments
Sometimes helping with hair washing
Helping me to keep up to physio
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
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: CC603a
Location: London
This role is to support a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: No
Employment status: employed
Hours per week: Initially 12 hours a week but with possibility for more, afternoons 1pm to 4pm but some flexibility on days and times for the right person.
Hourly pay rate: £13.25 per hour
Hi! I am a working mum to my lovely four-year-old, who needs you to help me live my life to the fullest. I would describe myself as a positive and creative person but have gone through a very tough few years, where my disabilities and mobility has got a lot worse and looking for an energetic, enthusiastic person to be the special person to our family.
As a single mum, my daughter is my absolute world. She would describe me as fun, imaginative, loving and giving. I do my best to give her everything an able bodied mum can and at the same time bring together friends, family and be active in my local community. My friends would describe me as a bubbly person
who brings the fun and sparkle to whatever is going on but in recent years things have become really challenging as my disabilities have worsened.
If you’re a can do, active person who loves ‘Sort your life out’, getting organised, getting things straightened out and can make the practical things are not piling up, you’re the person we need. If you can step in on the bad days, when pain and fatigue cause me to have a full stop, and can use your skills and enthusiasm to help me get the most of out the good days, you’re exactly the
person we need.
My auto-immune condition means that I have restricted mobility, fatigue which can just wipe me out, chronic pain and brain fogging, so taking care of everything and a little person, can be overwhelming.
Hopefully with your practical help, positivity and enthusiasm combined with mine, I can get things properly back on track.
It doesn’t matter whether you have previous care experience, the qualities I look for are an ability to learn quickly, caring, sensitive, organised, and can think on your feet.
A driver would a great benefit, but this is not essential.
Duties include:
Other relevant duties as required
Administration
Housekeeping
Shopping
Cooking
Companionship
Bathroom assistance
Help prepare drinks, snacks and meals
Help with laundry
Rubbish and recycling
Light gardening
Home management so everyday items are in easy reach and in a place that I can remember
Help with pick up and drop off at school
Support with celebrations, outings and holidays
Keeping diary of school must dos and deadlines
Doctors appointments
Form filling and paperwork
Ensuring medications are not running out
Personal care
Accompanying me to appointments
Sometimes helping with hair washing
Helping me to keep up to physio
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
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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