Personal Assistant

Penderels Trust; England; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization supporting individuals with disabilities is seeking an empathetic personal assistant. The role involves meal preparation, household assistance, and uplifting individuals to engage in social activities, all while fostering a trusting relationship. Flexibility in hours is needed to accommodate varying individual needs.

Qualifications

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
• Previous caring experience is not essential but should have genuine interest.
• Flexibility would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.

Skills

Honesty

Reliability

Trustworthiness

Patience

Empathy

Good Listening Skills

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Vision• Hearing

Other relevant information

• The individual has allergies. Slight breathing problems..

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Vision• Hearing

Other relevant information

• The individual has allergies. Slight breathing problems..

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.

Assisting with post, filling, making phone calls. Communicating what post has said , signing what the phone calls needed are about. >

The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Transport Requirement

Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.

Required Skills

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To work as part of a team.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Have a lively personality.