Personal Assistant (BB)

Barrie Bookkeeping & Payroll Solution; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Barrie Bookkeeping & Payroll Solution is recruiting a Personal Assistant to support a 77-year-old female in Wolverhampton’s Pendeford area. You will assist with daily living, personal care and social activities, in a home setting.

The role requires honesty, reliability and the ability to build trusting relationships. The post is 8 hours per week, paying £14.20 per hour, with references and an enhanced DBS check required before commencement.

Qualifications

• Has a valid driving licence.
• Car and appropriate insurance coverage.
• Maintains confidentiality and privacy.
• Able to build good relationships with the client and family.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care, including bathing, dressing and continence support.
• Assist with daily living tasks and accompany to appointments and social activities.
• Support with meal planning, cooking and light housework.
• Maintain dignity, respect and safe care in the client’s home.

Skills

Driving licence

Car insurance

Confidentiality

Relationship building

Job description

To assist with a variety of tasks which will enable the person who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.

About the employer:

My client is a 77-year-old female living with her husband in the Pendeford area of Wolverhampton looking to recruit a Personal Assistant to provide support with daily living.

My client has a diagnosis of Vascular Dementia, Diabetes which is diet controlled and Arthritis. My client used to work as a supervisor in a school kitchen, and she is a very sociable individual who enjoys activities outside the family home.

• keep in touch and socialise with family and friends
• attend medical appointments if required
• attend social events and access the community
• Personal care: Support with bathing/showering, teeth cleaning, dressing, continence care, administering medication.
• Domestic duties: Support with grocery shopping, cooking, and serving nutritious meals and snacks, cleaning, changing linen, laundry.

These duties may vary from day-to-day.

Type of person that you/they are looking for:

Values:

Someone that is honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, ability to build good relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, able to work alone, positive, willingness to travel, understands equality & diversity.

Specific requirements:

Someone with an understanding of Vascular Dementia.

Other:

Due to the nature of this role including personal care the potential employer will be considering female applicants only.

Hours of work:

8 Hours Per Week

Rate of pay:

£14.20 Per Hour

Skills, qualifications, and experience

• driving licence
• car and appropriate insurance
• confidentiality
• good at building relationships

Preferred:

• female personal assistant
• a good listener
• ability to support people with behaviours which may challenge.

**ROLE IS BASED IN PENDEFORD WV8**

This post is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check at the Employers request prior to commencing employment. This is confidential and at no cost to yourself.