Live-In Personal Care Assistant – Weekends ES3202

Independent Lives; Peacehaven; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive care organization in Peacehaven seeks a Live-In Personal Care Assistant to support a male client. This role involves 48-hour live-in shifts every other weekend, offering personal care, assistance with communication, cooking, and companionship. Candidates must be male, own a vehicle, and have excellent communication skills to effectively engage with a client with limited speech. Competitive pay and room provisions during shifts are offered.

Benefits

Private room during shifts

Food shopping expenses covered

Qualifications

• Must have a driver's licence and own vehicle.
• Experience with shift work and ability to stay alert overnight.
• Right to work in the UK and willingness to undertake a DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24-hour personal care including hygiene needs.
• Assist with cooking and meal preparation.
• Support client's alternative communication methods.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Reliability

Timekeeping

Manual handling skills

Hygiene

Tools

Driver's License

Job description

Overview

Live-In Personal Care Assistant – Weekends (Ref: ES3202) – Location: Peacehaven.

This role is to support a male client. The candidate should be a man. Driver’s licence required: Yes. Own vehicle needed: Yes.

Hours per week: 48-hour live-in shifts every other weekend from Saturday 9am to Monday 9am, plus a 24-hour shift on the 4th Saturday of each month from 9am to 9am Sunday. The role pays a minimum of £16 per hour, with a daily rate of £384, and includes 12 hours of paid holiday for every 100 hours worked. Flexibility is required — there’s the option to occasionally swap for a midweek shift if needed, and there may be opportunities to cover additional shifts during other PAs’ holidays.

You will be supporting one individual, providing 24-hour personal care, including help with all personal hygiene needs, cooking, and overnight duties — so shift work experience and the ability to stay alert and responsive during the night are essential. You’ll need to have manual handling and hoist training, along with a full driving licence. A male PA is preferred, and strong communication skills are important to support a client who has limited speech and uses alternative methods of communication.

In return, you’ll have your own room during shifts, with food shopping expenses covered, and the chance to build a meaningful working relationship with someone who values consistency, understanding, and respect.

Duties

• Personal grooming
• Eating and drinking assistance
• Moving and handling
• Administration
• Housekeeping
• Shopping
• Cooking
• Transportation
• Companionship
• Dressing / undressing
• Bathroom assistance

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
• Clear communication is imperative due to client’s frontal lobe brain injury and limited speech

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