NS08/05/CW4 Personal Assistant / Care Assistant

Personal Budgets Support Service; Corby; On-site; GBP 7,000; Part time

Job summary

A family support service in Corby is seeking a Personal Assistant/Care Assistant to help with household tasks and community access. The role involves cleaning, meal preparation, and providing support during outings. Applicants must own a car with business insurance coverage. Flexibility, trustworthiness, and the ability to offer empathetic support are essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Must be flexible, trustworthy, and active.
• Experience in household tasks required.
• Ability to give empathetic support.

Responsibilities

• Supporting with household tasks including cleaning and meal preparation.
• Accompanying the employer on shopping trips and outings.
• Assisting with transportation to and from the Day Centre.

Skills

Empathetic support

Flexibility

Trustworthiness

Good sense of humour

Tools

Car with business cover

Job description

Position
Personal Assistant / Care Assistant

Job reference:
NS08/05/CW4

Hours
11 hours a week

Worked 4 hours each on Saturday and Sunday, plus 3 hours on a Monday. Start time between 9am and 10am.

Monday will include pick up from Local Day Centre (time to be confirmed). Some flexibility in times to be discussed at interview.

Rate
£12.21 per hour

Area
Corby (NN18 Area)

About the employer
The employer is a Mum with a visual impairment and is looking for a PA to support her within the family home and also to access the community.

Main Duties
• To support with general household tasks including:
• Vacuuming, dusting and cleaning as required.
• Ironing and attending to laundry as needed, putting away of clothes
• Changing bed linen and/or making beds as needed.
• Preparation of some meals.
• Cleaning and tidying the kitchen afterwards, as necessary.
• Accompanying on local shopping trips, outings and taking/collecting from Day centre (Monday) Therefore, a car owner, with business cover on their motor insurance policy, is therefore essential. Mileage will be paid (minus commute).
• Any other task which the employer may reasonably ask you to do which falls within the scope of the job as a Personal Assistant.

Additional employment information
The successful applicant will be friendly, able to give empathetic support, while respecting the employer’s independence but also able to take instruction.

Must be flexible, trustworthy and active with a good sense of humour.

Please note you will be directly employed by the person (or their representative) that you will be assisting. The Council is not the employer.

Sponsorship cannot be provided by individual employers. Your right to work in the UK must already be established.

If applying through Indeed, please be aware that you will then need to complete and submit an application form, via a link to the North Northamptonshire Council website, that will be sent directly to you by PBSS.