Daytime carer/personal assistant ES540

Independent Lives; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A personal care service is seeking a bubbly and compassionate woman for a Daytime Carer/Personal Assistant position in Eastbourne. The role includes assisting with morning routines, mealtimes, and personal grooming. Candidates should be reliable, creative, and capable of working independently. This position offers a competitive hourly pay rate of £15.25 and requires no prior experience, as full training will be provided. A commitment to high standards of health and safety is essential.

Benefits

Holiday pay if employed

Full training provided

Qualifications

• Candidates must be women, as per equality exemption requirements.
• Fit and healthy to undertake required duties.
• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard.

Responsibilities

• Assist with morning routine and mealtimes.
• Provide medication prompting and administering.
• Help with personal grooming and moving/handling.

Skills

Compassionate and caring

Excellent interpersonal skills

Reliable with good timekeeping

Ability to follow instructions

Creative

Job description

Daytime Carer / Personal Assistant

Details

Ref: ES540

Location: Eastbourne

Employment status: employed

Hours per week:

• Morning call – 1 hour 15 minutes
• Lunch call – 30 minutes
• Tea – 1 hour
• Monday to Sunday shifts available – please apply with availability

Hourly pay rate: £15.25

Drivers licence required: No

Candidate must be a woman*.

I am looking for a chatty, bubbly and compassionate woman carer to help me with my morning routine as well as lunch and tea calls, assistance getting upstairs and into bed (I use a hoist with full training provided).

I have a team of wonderful carers and am looking for another two or three carers to join, I live at home and often have visits from my children and grandchildren.

I am happy for smokers to apply as long as they don’t smoke whilst on shift.

Duties include:

• Medication prompting/administering
• Personal grooming
• Moving and handling
• Clinical tasks
• Administration
• Housekeeping
• Cooking
• Dressing / undressing
• Bathroom assistance
• Full training will be provided
• Experience with catheter training would be good but I am willing to train the right carer

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
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
• Compassionate, kind, caring and chatty with the ability to not take life too seriously.
• Understanding towards an individual with a physical disability

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