Personal Assistant AH1053

Independent Lives; Croydon; On-site; Part time

Job summary

A family in Croydon is seeking a Personal Assistant to support their daughter, who has autism. The role includes assistance with daily tasks, personal hygiene, and encouraging social interactions. The ideal candidate should be calm, patient, and reliable, with good interpersonal skills. Flexible hours are available, with a pay rate of £13.85 per hour. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Ability to assist with daily living tasks and promote independence.
• Experienced in providing support for individuals with autism.
• Calm and gentle personality, respectful of privacy.

Responsibilities

• Prompt and assist with daily tasks like laundry and cleanliness.
• Encourage personal hygiene and healthy routines.
• Accompany to social activities and promote healthy friendships.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Patience

Reliability

Understanding of autism

Job description

Personal Assistant

Ref: AH1053

Location: Croydon

Details
This role is to support a Woman

Drivers licence required: No

Employment status:
employed

Hours per week:
9 hours per week - 3 days 3 hour shifts. Flexible of times and days.

Hourly pay rate:
£13.85

My daughter is lovely person, she is gentle and kind. She likes going out when she is feeling well enough and at home she will listen to music (which is her passion) and watch telly. Some time away from home is spent in a local music studio where she sings and is learning to produce and edit material, she has a clear vision in this area and is very creative.

However, like many young adults she can struggle with keeping on top of daily tasks and needs some guidance. Most of the support needed is for prompting and encouraging her to look after herself with dietary intake, hygiene and keeping her room tidy at home and organisation. When her mood is low it especially affects these things.

My daughters Asperger's also causes a struggle to recognise health friendships and can be taken advantage of, some support and promotion of managing these challenges and what good friendships look like would be ideal along with life admin and money management support would needed.

This role is to assist with the above and to reinforce this message as the family do.

A Personal Assistant who is calm, patient and gentle in their approach would be a good fit for our family.

Duties include:
Domestic Tasks:
- Prompt and assist with:
- Laundry – un/loading the washing machine, tumble dryer/washing line, ironing, putting away
- Changing bed linen
- Bed making
- General tidying and cleaning in her room including dusting and vacuuming.
- Taking out rubbish/recycling
- Preparing drinks, snacks and meals.
- Shopping
- Correspondence e.g. reading letters, help writing replies, form-filling, assisting with household paperwork
- Making phone calls on my behalf when I am too unwell to do this


Personal tasks:
Promoting and encouraging to:
- Wash/shower/bath including hair
- Skin/hair care
- Brush Teeth


Social tasks:
Support/promotion/accompany to:
- Go to the music studio, run arrands, shop, to see family/friends.
- To have and maintain healthy friendships and to recognise unhealthy friendships/behaviour or others

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
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
- Some understanding or experience of supporting people with autism

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.

Please note, 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