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Self-Employed Support Worker TMES960

Job details
Posting date: 03 October 2025
Salary: £20 per hour
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 02 November 2025
Location: Newhaven, East Sussex
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Independent Lives
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: TMES960

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Summary

Self-Employed Support Worker

Ref: TMES960

Location: Newhaven

Details
This role is to support a Woman

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Hours per week:
3.5 hour shift. Any day Monday to Friday with a start time late morning/lunch time Very flexible

Hourly pay rate:
£20
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Are you looking for a few extra hours work each week? Are you friendly, kind and sociable? I am looking for a support worker to go out for coffee/lunch with once a week or help me with some tasks around my home.

I live with my teenage son and have a passion for cooking and baking, my speciality is banana cake! I am a qualified chef but have not been able to work for a while due to my poor health and struggle to use my own kitchen as it is not very accessible. Having a support worker to help me access the community will really make a big difference to my life. I would love to go for coffee or lunch, access a swimming pool, visit a gym or park. Even just supporting me in my home to do some baking or a few chores around the house if I am having a bad day would give me a massive boost.

I have poor mobility and use a walking stick to help me move about. I experience pain on a daily basis and do struggle with my mental health/anxiety. I would describe myself as outgoing, bubbly and a creative person who enjoys the company of others.

Duties include:
- 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
- Must be happy to work with a considerate smoker (smokes outside)

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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