Personal Assistant
Reporting to: The Employer
Location: Worcester WR2
Job purpose:To assist with a variety of tasks which will assist the employer who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.
About the employer:Our client is a 33-year-old female living in the WR2 area of Worcester who is looking to recruit a Personal Assistant to provide support with all aspects of daily living for 7 hours per week.
Our client suffered a brain haemorrhage in 2023 and became disabled, they have limited mobility, a non-functional left hand and they experience a lot of fatigue.
Main duties:Social duties:
- keep in touch and socialise with family and friends
- support with travel to medical appointments
- support to access the local community
Domestic duties: support with meal preparation, grocery shopping, cleaning and tidying, bed making and other day to day tasks.
These duties may vary from day-to-day.
Type of person that you/they are looking for:- 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, willingness to travel, understands equality and diversity.
- Specific requirements: Applicants must be organised, patient with a calm demeanour and have a good sense of humour.
- Other: due to the nature of this role including medical care the potential employer will be considering female applicants only.
Rate of pay: £12.50 per hour
Skills, qualifications, and experience
Essential:- driving licence
- car and appropriate insurance
- confidentiality
- good at building relationships
- computer literate
- good communicator
- a good listener
- ability to support people with complex care & support needs.
Successful applicants will require DBS checks & Employment References.
This role is funded by the Local Authority and is paid 4 weekly.