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Personal Assistant Support RGES1145

Job details
Posting date: 06 August 2025
Salary: £12.21 per hour
Additional salary information: Self Employed Rate TBC (Employed rate £12.21 an hour)
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 05 September 2025
Location: Hastings, East Sussex
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Independent Lives
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: RGES1145

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Summary

Personal Assistant Support

Ref: RGES1145

Location: Hastings

Details
This role is to support a Woman

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Employment status:
employed or self-employed

Hours per week:
11 hours per week Afternoons/Evenings

Hourly pay rate:
Self Employed Rate TBC (Employed rate £12.21 an hour)

We are looking for 1–2 compassionate and reliable Personal Assistants to support our customer, who is a friendly and independent-minded individual, with her daily living needs.

Key Responsibilities:
- Support with meal preparation (lunch and tea), including supervision and prompting to manage fatigue.
- Assistance with household chores to maintain a clean and safe home environment.
- Help with nutrition and hydration, including preparing meals and drinks based on her daily preferences.
- Encourage and support the customers independence and confidence in daily tasks.
- Work alongside the customers son, who is actively involved in her care and shopping.
- Respect and support the customers family connections, primarily maintained by phone.

Additional Info:
- The customer and her son are exploring private physiotherapy at home to support her mobility.
- No specific time required for hot meals—flexibility is appreciated.
- The customer is currently being supported part time by another PA, however this additional support will help with the above.
- If you are caring, patient, and motivated to make a positive difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Duties include:
- Medication prompting/administering
- Administration
- Housekeeping
- Companionship

Candidate qualities:
- Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
- Hygienic, tidy and well organised
- Honest and cheerful
- Creative

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.

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