Personal Assistant DP5503

Personal Assistant

Ref

DP5503

Location

Bognor Regis

Details

This role is to support a Woman

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required

Yes

Own vehicle needed

Yes

Employment status

Employed or Self-employed

Hours per week

Bank PA to cover sickness, holidays or additional hours. Regular cleaner once a week.

Hourly pay rate

£12.71

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We are looking for a friendly person to work as a bank PA for a disabled lady.

You much have your own car and be able to drive her if required.

We do also have a position on a regular cleaner and require the person to help sort through things and have patience with her.

We need the person to understand when she has meltdowns if she is stressed.

You will need to have a DBS check and experience in this field of helping and sort through things.

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Duties include

• Medication prompting/administering
• Personal grooming
• Eating and drinking assistance
• Moving and handling
• Other relevant duties as required
• Administration
• Housekeeping
• Shopping
• Cooking
• Transportation
• Companionship
• Looking after pets
• Gardening
• Dressing / undressing
• Bathroom assistance

Candidate qualities

• Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
• Able to tolerate the employer smoking in the workplace
• 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
• Patient & trustworthy
• Understanding
• Good cleaning , clearing and organisation skills
• Experience with mental health and physical disabilities
• Able to step up at last minute
• Can deal with emotional meltdown and provide support accordingly
• Happy go lucky
• Flexible as days and times can change each week
• Able to work opposite to other PA and communicate
• Able to cover holiday
• Non judgmental

Ideally

• Able to think outside the box

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.

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

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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.