Daytime carer/personal assistant ES540

Independent Lives; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Independent Lives in Eastbourne is seeking daytime carer/personal assistant to provide morning, lunch and tea calls, assist with transfers and daily activities. You will support a woman with mobility needs at home, with full training available and potential catheter assistance.

The role may be employed or self‑employed, with holiday pay if employed. The candidate should be chatty, compassionate and reliable, able to read and speak English to a reasonable level, and maintain high health and

Qualifications

• Must have right to work in the UK.
• Willingness to undergo Enhanced DBS check if required.

Responsibilities

• 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 training offered to the right carer

Skills

Compassionate

Reliable

Timekeeping

English proficiency

Patient

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Morning call - 1 hour 15 minutes Lunch call - 30 minutes Tea - 1 hour Monday to Sunday shifts available

Hourly pay rate:

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:

• Personal grooming
• Moving and handling
• Clinical tasks
• Administration
• Cooking
• Bathroom assistance
• Full training will be provided
• Experience with catheter training would be good but I am willing to train the right carer
• 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 the role is offered on a self‑employed basis, you will be responsible for the cost of your own DBS check.

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

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

Daytime carer/personal assistant ES540

Company: Independent Lives Salary: from £15.25 an hour Hours: Part-time Location: Eastbourne, BN22 0UR Working pattern: On‑site Job type: Permanent Posting date: 28 Sept 2026 Closing date: 28 Oct 2026

Summary

Daytime carer/personal assistant

Ref: ES540

Location: Eastbourne

Details

This role is to support a Woman

The candidate should be a woman*

Drivers licence required: No

Employment status:

employed

Hours per week:

Morning call - 1 hour 15 minutes Lunch call - 30 minutes Tea - 1 hour Monday to Sunday shifts available

Hourly pay rate:

£15.25

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 dutiesPatient 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 the role is offered on a self‑employed basis, you will be responsible for the cost of your own DBS check.

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

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.