Self Employed Personal Assistant

Description

Self Employed Personal Assistant

Ref: CZ8091

Location: Hassocks

Details

This role is to support a Man

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Employment status: self-employed

Hours per week: 9.5 hrs a week over 3 or 4 days a week (flexible times)

Hourly pay rate: £25

Would you like:

- to provide personal care services to someone who will truly value you?

- to make a real difference in someone’s life and enable them to be a good father, community man, and perhaps even develop a thriving business that will serve the community and provide work?

- to develop your personal care business and skills, whilst doing rewarding, life-affirming work?

Then this may be the role for you!

A distinguished gentleman residing in Hurstpierpoint is looking for assistance with domestic care and personal organisational tasks, to facilitate independent living, help create and sustain a happy and tidy home, and be able to thrive in and serve in the community.

If you're reliable, naturally caring, and passionate about providing great, person-centred care, then this might be the project for you.

Core duties will include assisting with meal and shopping planning, calendar management, diary keeping, some implementation, personal hygiene and care planning and routines, assisting where needed, also medication administration, other personal care, liaising with key support workers, medics, utilities, banks, and other service providers, and general home and domestic budget and organisational management.

Duties include:

- Medication prompting/administering

- Personal grooming

- 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 speak and read English to a reasonable standard

- Must be comfortable with pets

- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

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. Please note, 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.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9

Ad ID: 5417748256