Female Personal Assistant/Support Worker DP3282

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Rustington; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Independent Lives in Rustington seeks a Female Personal Assistant to provide social and domestic support as well as personal care for a woman with Fibromyalgia and hEDS. This on-site, part-time role requires a driving licence and offers 4 days per week (Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri) at a rate of £15 per hour.

The role includes help with daily tasks, companionship, housekeeping, shopping, cooking, transport, and medication prompting. DBS check may be requested.

Qualifications

• Must be a woman due to personal care needs.
• Driver's licence required.
• Previous experience preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Personal grooming.
• Moving and handling.
• Housekeeping and cleaning.
• Shopping and cooking.
• Transportation and driving employer in car.
• Medication prompting/administering.
• Companionship and social support.
• Looking after pets.

Skills

Driving licence

Job description

Female Personal Assistant/Support Worker DP3282

Ref: DP3282

Location: Rustington

Company: Independent Lives

Salary: £15 per hour

Hours: Part-time

Working pattern: On-site

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 11 Aug 2026

Closing date: 10 Sept 2026

Details

This role is to support a Woman. The candidate should be a woman*. Drivers licence required: Yes

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday – 5.5 hours per day, 4 days per week. 10am start but can be flexible

Hourly pay rate: £15 per hour

I am an alternative and slightly eccentric 47-year-old woman who appreciates difference and style, living with a neurological condition called Fibromyalgia and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) meaning my limbs dislocate without warning.

These conditions mean I need support with day-to-day tasks to not exhaust myself or damage my body.

I am looking for Female personal assistant to support me with social and domestic support as well as personal care (when needed) in a bohemian household.

I’m fiercely independent and looking for someone who will help me regain as much of my independence as possible, in the garden and out and about with my dog.

Duties include:

• Personal grooming
• Eating and drinking assistance
• Moving and handling
• Medication prompting/administering
• Other relevant duties as required
• Administration
• Housekeeping
• Shopping
• Cooking
• Transportation
• Companionship
• Looking after pets
• Dressing / undressing
• Bathroom assistance
• Laundry – all aspects
• Changing bed linen and bed making
• Taking the bins out
• Washing and bathing/showering – towelling dry/ drying hair when required
• Supervision and/or assistance with showering, drying, hair washing/ brushing as required
• Help getting into and out of bath/shower as required
• To be on call when employer has a shower
• Help getting in and out of bed
• Collecting my medication from the pharmacy
• Changed at swimming pool/gym.
• Getting in and out of the wheelchair when required on occasion ('transferring')
• Supporting me with physiotherapy exercises
• Support with parenting e.g. picking up teenage children to visit
• The below duties will involve driving the employer in the employer’s car, when required lifting the folding wheelchair in/out of car, pushing the employer’s wheelchair when out. Alternatively, I would use my walking stick
• Accompanying on day trips out (e.g. the garden centre, beach, social events) and leisure activities (e.g. swimming lessons, art courses)
• Accompanying me to appointments, meetings, courses and workshops
• When the employer is staying at another person’s home carrying luggage to and from the car, and helping with packing. Driving the employer to and from the friend’s residence
• Walking my dog
• 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
• Must be comfortable with pets
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
• Female* due to personal care needs
• Previous experience is preferred but not essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles
• Confident/competent around dogs

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
• Must be comfortable with pets
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
• Female* due to personal care needs
• Previous experience is preferred but not essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles
• Confident/competent around dogs

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.

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

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