Job Title: Female *Personal Assistant

Location: Hampden Park, Eastbourne

Hourly rate: £12.50 per hour

Reference: SCES157

Hours/shifts: 17 hours a weeks, 2-3 hours a day Monday to Sunday (shift times by mutual agreement)

Summary

• I am a sociable person and love to chat. I love to watch films and like to crochet blankets

• I am looking for a friendly and supportive PA to assist me with everyday living tasks.

• Duties will include personal care, domestic tasks and sometimes support with accessing the local community.

Other Requirements

"Exemption is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9."

All applicants must be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.

Description

Typical duties

Domestic -

Laundry- all aspects

Changing/making bed linen

Taking out rubbish

General housework, including cleaning, dusting and vacuuming.

Assist with cookery tasks and meals;

Replenish drinking water bottles

Shopping

Maintenance of small garden, perhaps half an hour a week

Assist with grooming cats (training provided) – employer would help

Tidying

Help with emails, bills and banking

Making phone calls on my behalf when I am too unwell to do this

Making tea for the employer's guests

Personal Care:

• Assist with shower, personal care and hygiene needs

• Assistance with applying cream

• General hair/skin care

• Catheter care

• Emptying commode

• Dressing and undressing/ helping with buttons and fastenings

• Getting into bed

• Assistance with getting out of bed using a hoist

• Prompting and assistance with medication i.e. helping to take tablets from foil/packets

• Helping with other aspects of personal care as required

• Getting in and out of the wheelchair ('transferring')

• Mealtimes e.g. cutting up food, assistance to eat

• Physiotherapy exercises

Social:

• Whilst on duty at the employer’s home watching TV and assisting with craft activities

• On occasion trips out to the local community.

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• Person specification

The successful applicant will be:

Female due to personal care needs

• Respectful of the employer’s privacy and confidentiality

• Reliable with good time-keeping

• Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative

• Hygienic, tidy minded and well organised

• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties

• Patience and possess excellent interpersonal skills

• Honest and cheerful

• Creative

• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard

• Legally permitted to work in the United Kingdom

• Able to work at all times to high standards of Health & Safety

Previous experience preferred but this is not as essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles.

Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives