Job Title: Female Personal Assistant

Location: Thornton Heath

Hourly rate: £12.50 per hour (negotiable for the right person) plus mileage at 45p per mile and lunch is provided

Reference: CC128

Hours/shifts: Days of the week and times can be flexible between Monday and Friday for 18 hours per week. This could be within school hours and additional hours could be available for the right candidate

Summary

• I am looking for a Personal Assistant to support my grown up daughter

• She is a gentle natured person, who enjoys going to parks, Garden Centres, the Cinema and Theatre.

• She is very girly and loves her ‘bling’

• The role will involve always supervising her within our home and supporting her to access the community doing things she enjoys.

• My daughter is also a wheelchair user. The wheelchair is aluminium lightweight ‘Green Chair’ where the wheels can be removed by a simple press of a button in the centre of the wheel for ease, it also has a power pack.

Other Requirements

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

• Must have a UK driving licence

• Must have access to own vehicle

• Other :

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

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

Description

Typical duties

Domestic:

Preparing meals and drinks

Light housework / Tidying up after meal preparation and washing up

Any other reasonable task

Personal Care:

Accompany to the toilet when out and about

Social:

Accompanying and assisting my daughter on shopping trips when required

Accompany when accessing social and leisure activities

The above duties will involve driving my daughter in the PA’s car, lifting the folding wheelchair in/out of car

Any other reasonable task

Person specification

The successful applicant will be:

Female * due to personal care needs

Respectful of my daughter’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

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