Personal Assistant
| Posting date: | 30 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £14.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 01 March 2026 |
| Location: | Chatham, Kent |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Medway Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 300126PH1622918 |
Summary
A kind, reliable, and patient Personal Assistant is required to work flexibly to support an older gentleman with Alzheimers disease. The primary purpose of the role is to offer company and ensure his safety while his wife takes short breaks. This is a supportive role focused on presence, reassurance and gentle engagement rather than personal or medical care.
As a personal assistant you will be required to provide support in a range of areas including but not limited to:
• Provide companionship and conversation in a calm, reassuring manner
• Ensure the gentleman always remains safe and comfortable
• Offer gentle supervision and support within the home
• Engage in simple activities as required
• Respond calmly to confusion or anxiety, offering reassurance as needed
• On occasion, collect the gentleman from his day service and accompany him home safely (full driving license and access to a car required)
If you are kind, patient and dependable, with good communication skills and a calm and reassuring manner, happy spending time with someone who has memory loss, then please apply.
Experience of working with people with a Alzheimer's or dementia would be an advantage but not essential, provided you are keen to learn. You would need to be comfortable with the large family dog.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (cost covered by employer) and references.
Shift Pattern: 4-5 hours per week to be used flexibly where agreed with the employer.
For more information and to request an application pack please contact paula.hatcher@medway.gov.uk or call 01634 332301.
Please note that this advert has been placed on behalf of one of our clients. Should your application be successful and you are offered the position, your contract will be directly with the customer and not by Medway Council.
The client can only accept applications if you have the right to work in the UK. Please do not apply if you require sponsorships or visa.
As a personal assistant you will be required to provide support in a range of areas including but not limited to:
• Provide companionship and conversation in a calm, reassuring manner
• Ensure the gentleman always remains safe and comfortable
• Offer gentle supervision and support within the home
• Engage in simple activities as required
• Respond calmly to confusion or anxiety, offering reassurance as needed
• On occasion, collect the gentleman from his day service and accompany him home safely (full driving license and access to a car required)
If you are kind, patient and dependable, with good communication skills and a calm and reassuring manner, happy spending time with someone who has memory loss, then please apply.
Experience of working with people with a Alzheimer's or dementia would be an advantage but not essential, provided you are keen to learn. You would need to be comfortable with the large family dog.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (cost covered by employer) and references.
Shift Pattern: 4-5 hours per week to be used flexibly where agreed with the employer.
For more information and to request an application pack please contact paula.hatcher@medway.gov.uk or call 01634 332301.
Please note that this advert has been placed on behalf of one of our clients. Should your application be successful and you are offered the position, your contract will be directly with the customer and not by Medway Council.
The client can only accept applications if you have the right to work in the UK. Please do not apply if you require sponsorships or visa.