Fun and Caring Personal Assistant DP8753
| Posting date: | 05 February 2026 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 March 2026 |
| Location: | Worthing, West Sussex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Independent Lives |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | DP8753 |
Summary
Fun and Caring Personal Assistant
Ref: DP8753
Location: Worthing
Details
This role is to support a Child
Drivers licence required: Preferred
Hours per week:
Mon, Tues & Fri = 2:45pm until 4:45pm (flexible starts and finishes for the right candidate and flexible additional hours will be available during school holidays TBD)
Hourly pay rate:
TBD
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We are looking for a PA to work with our smiley five-year-old with PMLD. Though he cannot walk or talk he loves to laugh and have fun outdoors or doing anything physical as well as playing on his iPad and with switch toys.
We need someone with energy and initiative to engage and entertain him so he can be the fun cheeky little boy he is.
The regular hours would be Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays collecting from Palatine school at 2:45pm until 4:45pm (though happy to discuss more hours if needed). Further shifts during holidays and occasional weekends possible too if interested.
Shifts include PEG feeding and administering medication though this can be at home where a parent would be working from home to offer guidance if needed, however experience in these areas is highly desirable.
Duties include:
- Medication prompting/administering
- Eating and drinking assistance
- Other relevant duties as required
- 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 always work to high standards of health & safety
- Energetic
- Initiative to engage and entertain him
- DBS certified and on the update service
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.
Ref: DP8753
Location: Worthing
Details
This role is to support a Child
Drivers licence required: Preferred
Hours per week:
Mon, Tues & Fri = 2:45pm until 4:45pm (flexible starts and finishes for the right candidate and flexible additional hours will be available during school holidays TBD)
Hourly pay rate:
TBD
-
We are looking for a PA to work with our smiley five-year-old with PMLD. Though he cannot walk or talk he loves to laugh and have fun outdoors or doing anything physical as well as playing on his iPad and with switch toys.
We need someone with energy and initiative to engage and entertain him so he can be the fun cheeky little boy he is.
The regular hours would be Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays collecting from Palatine school at 2:45pm until 4:45pm (though happy to discuss more hours if needed). Further shifts during holidays and occasional weekends possible too if interested.
Shifts include PEG feeding and administering medication though this can be at home where a parent would be working from home to offer guidance if needed, however experience in these areas is highly desirable.
Duties include:
- Medication prompting/administering
- Eating and drinking assistance
- Other relevant duties as required
- 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 always work to high standards of health & safety
- Energetic
- Initiative to engage and entertain him
- DBS certified and on the update service
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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