Personal Assistant - Harvington; SC

Job purpose

To assist with a variety of tasks which will enable & assist the employer who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.

Our client is a 70-year-old female living in the Harvington area of DY10 who is looking to recruit a Personal Assistant to provide support for 20-26 hours per week.

Our client is an ambulatory wheelchair user due to suffering a spinal injury several years ago. Our client also has a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue M.E which results in our client suffering with brain fog, nerve pain and she can be very sleepy due to her condition and medication.

• keep in touch and socialise with family and friends
• access the local community
• attend medical appointments

Personal Care: support with bathing/showering, dressing.

Domestic duties:

• support with grocery shopping, cooking nutritious vegetarian meals and snacks – (recipes available), cleaning, changing linen, laundry. Collect prescriptions when required.

• Values: Someone that is honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, ability to build good relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, able to work alone, positive, cheerful, trustworthy and understands equality & diversity or has a good sense of humour.
• Specific requirements: Our client is looking for a mature lady to be her new Personal Assistant. Must have previous care experience. Must be a driver as client has a wheelchair accessible vehicle which is a large van. Someone with experience and knowledge of allergies as our client has a lot of allergies which are controlled by medication.
• Other: Due to the nature of this role including medical & personal care the potential employer will be considering female applicants only.

Hours of work: 20 – 26 hours per week

Flexible hours at employers’ discretion. Occasional Saturdays required but good notice will be given.

Rate of pay: £13.50 per hour + £16.88 for Saturdays.

• Driving licence – Client has a large van
• Moving & handling training
• Confidentiality
• Good at building relationships

Preferred:

• A good listener
• Ability to support people with complex needs.

This post is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check at the Employers request prior to commencing employment. This is confidential and at no cost to yourself.