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Personal Assistant LTES881

Job details
Posting date: 01 September 2025
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 01 October 2025
Location: Hailsham, East Sussex
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Independent Lives
Job type: Temporary
Job reference: LTES881

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Summary

Self Employed Personal Assistant

Ref: LTES881

Location: Hailsham

Details
This role is to support a Woman

Drivers licence required: Yes

Employment status:
Self-employed

Hours per week:
Thursday from 12.00 to 5.00pm (I can be slightly flexible on start and finish times)

Hourly pay rate:
TBD
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I am looking for a personal assistant to support me for 5 hours on a Thursday.

I am a fulltime wheelchair user and you will have use of my mobility van. You will need to be over 25 years of age for insurance purposes and have a full clean UK licence.

You would be needed to drive me to and from any appointments I may have. To take me shopping and to the local garden centre on occasion.

General cleaning, changing the bed, putting washing away, emptying the bins etc.

Duties include:
- Moving and handling
- Other relevant duties as required
- Administration
- Housekeeping
- Shopping
- Cooking
- Transportation
- Companionship

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
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
- Kind and patient with a good sense of humour.

Additional requirements
Non-smoker due to medical reasons
Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours
Vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission

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.

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.

Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

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