Female Personal Assistant
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.21 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 January 2026 |
| Location: | Plymouth PL1 |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Plymouth City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 95502PP |
Summary
We’re looking for a dedicated Personal Assistant to help someone live independently and confidently in their own home. Your role will include supporting daily routines, ensuring safety, and providing assistance with personal care and accessing the. Support to enable access to community activities, fostering social inclusion and wellbeing. If you’re compassionate, proactive, and ready to make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you!
Duties:
• Assist with daily personal care, showering and helping where necessary
• Ensure with any mobility issues, reducing the risk of falls in wet environments and keeping essential items within reach.
• Provide support to collect medication, groceries.
• Support household tasks, such cleaning and keeping a safe environment,
• Facilitate with community access, including accompanying to GP and hospital appointments and arranging transport when needed.
• Support with social inclusion, helping to identify and access local groups and activities to prevent isolation and build confidence.
• Empathetic to our clients needs
Full Driving Licence required and access to own vehicle
Hours: 10 per week - (Flexible - no weekends)
Rate: £12.21 per hour
Desirable
• Experience in care or support roles – Familiarity with assisting individuals with mobility or personal care needs.
• Knowledge of local community resources – Ability to help connect the person with social groups and activities.
• Basic first aid or health awareness – Confidence in responding appropriately to minor health concerns or emergencies.
Important Information
As part of our Information Advice and Guidance Service, Plymouth City Council Direct Payments Team supports disabled people to employ their own staff. This vacancy is not a role within Plymouth City Council but an excellent opportunity to work directly for one of our clients. A right to work check will be undertaken before an any offer of employment. Vacancies may be subject to a DBS (formally CRB) check.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Duties:
• Assist with daily personal care, showering and helping where necessary
• Ensure with any mobility issues, reducing the risk of falls in wet environments and keeping essential items within reach.
• Provide support to collect medication, groceries.
• Support household tasks, such cleaning and keeping a safe environment,
• Facilitate with community access, including accompanying to GP and hospital appointments and arranging transport when needed.
• Support with social inclusion, helping to identify and access local groups and activities to prevent isolation and build confidence.
• Empathetic to our clients needs
Full Driving Licence required and access to own vehicle
Hours: 10 per week - (Flexible - no weekends)
Rate: £12.21 per hour
Desirable
• Experience in care or support roles – Familiarity with assisting individuals with mobility or personal care needs.
• Knowledge of local community resources – Ability to help connect the person with social groups and activities.
• Basic first aid or health awareness – Confidence in responding appropriately to minor health concerns or emergencies.
Important Information
As part of our Information Advice and Guidance Service, Plymouth City Council Direct Payments Team supports disabled people to employ their own staff. This vacancy is not a role within Plymouth City Council but an excellent opportunity to work directly for one of our clients. A right to work check will be undertaken before an any offer of employment. Vacancies may be subject to a DBS (formally CRB) check.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.