Job Title: Personal Assistant (PA)

Location: Crowborough, East Sussex

Hourly rate: £10.45 per hour (plus 0.45p per mile mileage allowance if applicable)

Reference: BRRES207

Hours/shifts: 6 hours per week (to usually be worked across 2 weekday mornings as mutually agreed), although some flexibility will be required

Summary:

I am a 35-year-old disabled mum of 2 young boys (who are also registered Young Carers) looking for a reliable and self-motivated PA to support me both at home and with going out locally.

I need assistance with light domestic tasks such as washing and hoovering, as well as with baking and batch-cooking meals for my children. No regular personal care support is needed although sometimes I may need some support with dressing.

I would also like help to do a weekly food shop and to get out socially, perhaps for a coffee, while my sons are at school.

Above all I want to be able to allow my sons to step back from their caring roles a little, so they have time to simply be children, and to preserve my energy so I can be a mum to them and we can spend quality time together.

You should be empathic and compassionate with a willingness to provide a listening ear every now and then. Someone with an overall understanding of anxiety and panic attacks, as well as of autism, ADHD and epilepsy in children would be desirable.

Other Requirements:

• Must be comfortable with dogs

• Must be happy to work in an environment where employer smokes outside

• UK driving licence and access to own vehicle desirable but not essential

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: Washing, drying, ironing and putting away

Changing bed linen/ bed making

General cleaning and tidying

Hoovering and dusting

Taking out rubbish

Supporting me to bake cakes and batch cook meals for my family

Any other reasonable tasks

Personal Care:

Occasional assistance with dressing and undressing

Any other reasonable tasks

Social:

Accompanying and assisting employer on shopping trips when required

Accompanying employer when accessing social and leisure activities, such as going out for a coffee at a local café or garden centre

Lifting mobility scooter in/out of car

Any other reasonable tasks

Person specification:

The successful applicant will be:

Able to tolerate the employer smoking in the work place

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

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