Complex Personal Assistant PS168
| Posting date: | 17 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £15.01 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 March 2026 |
| Location: | St. Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Independent Lives |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | PS168 |
Summary
Complex Personal Assistant
Ref: PS168
Location: Saint Leonards-on-sea
Details
This role is to support a Man
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Employment status:
Employed
Hours per week:
09:00 - 17:00 Days to be discussed
Hourly pay rate:
£15.01
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We urgently require one Personal Assistant to support a 29-year-old man with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Set shifts needing cover:
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday – 09:00 to 17:30
Support includes personal care, PEG feeding, and tracheostomy care, including suctioning. He uses BiPAP and cough assist equipment. Accessing the community each day. All training will be provided; however, previous complex care experience is essential.
Applicants must be caring, reliable, and ideally over 25 with a clean driving licence. He loves formula 1 and racing sports. Great communication and a good laugh.
Duties include:
- Medication prompting/administering
- Eating and drinking assistance
- Moving and handling
- Clinical tasks
- Administration
- Transportation
- Companionship
- Bathroom assistance
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
- Confident in complex care
- Talkative and outgoing
Additional requirements
Vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission
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: PS168
Location: Saint Leonards-on-sea
Details
This role is to support a Man
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Employment status:
Employed
Hours per week:
09:00 - 17:00 Days to be discussed
Hourly pay rate:
£15.01
-
We urgently require one Personal Assistant to support a 29-year-old man with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Set shifts needing cover:
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday – 09:00 to 17:30
Support includes personal care, PEG feeding, and tracheostomy care, including suctioning. He uses BiPAP and cough assist equipment. Accessing the community each day. All training will be provided; however, previous complex care experience is essential.
Applicants must be caring, reliable, and ideally over 25 with a clean driving licence. He loves formula 1 and racing sports. Great communication and a good laugh.
Duties include:
- Medication prompting/administering
- Eating and drinking assistance
- Moving and handling
- Clinical tasks
- Administration
- Transportation
- Companionship
- Bathroom assistance
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
- Confident in complex care
- Talkative and outgoing
Additional requirements
Vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission
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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