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Personal Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 19 December 2025
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 18 January 2026
Location: Chatham, Kent
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Medway Council
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 19122025SS22457

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Summary

About the Role:
50-year-old woman is seeking a reliable, caring, and self-employed Personal Assistant to provide practical and motivational support with daily living and health-related goals. She has a mild learning disability and unspecified mental health.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support her to engage with an online weight management programme, including accessing online information and participating in WhatsApp meetings.
• Assistance with food shopping, meal planning, and support with cooking to improve health and manage weight.
• Help with opening and managing post.
• Support with organising appointments, keeping track of dates and times, and attending appointments when required to ensure she is supported.
• Monitoring medication (prompting and checking).
• Domestic support including changing the bed and maintaining the flat’s condition.
• Support her to access and participate in social activities when needed.
• Provide support in a respectful way that is aligned with her Christian beliefs.

About You:
• Kind, patient, reliable, and encouraging.
• Experience in a similar PA or support role is desirable but not essential.
• Comfortable supporting healthy lifestyle changes.
• Organised and able to keep track of appointments and routines.
• Respectful and supportive of Christian beliefs and values.
• Able to work on a self-employed basis.

Additional Information:
• Successful applicants will be required to provide references.
• A DBS check will be required.

For more information and to request an application pack please contact sdsadmin@medway.gov.uk or call 01634331351.

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