Personal Assistant / Care Assistant

Personal Budgets Support Service; Kettering; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Personal Budgets Support Service in the United Kingdom seeks a courteous Personal Assistant to support an individual in Mawsley. Responsibilities include Personal Care, light household duties, meal preparation, cleaning the kitchen, and accompanying on local shopping trips and appointments.

A driver may use the automatic Motability vehicle with insurance restrictions. The employer lives with family, has fibromyalgia and related health conditions, and the level of support will vary.

Responsibilities

• Personal Care as required.
• General light household duties, i.e. vacuuming, ironing, tidying etc.
• To assist with the preparation of meals and drinks as needed and cleaning and tidying the kitchen afterwards, as necessary.
• Accompanying on local shopping trips and local appointments - therefore driving licence holders preferred.
• The Employer has an automatic Motability vehicle which you will be driving if you are licence holder (insurance restrictions may apply).
• Any other task which the employer may reasonably ask you to do which falls within the scope of the job as a Personal Assistant.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Personal Care as required.
• General light household duties, i.e. vacuuming, ironing, tidying etc.
• To assist with the preparation of meals and drinks as needed and cleaning and tidying the kitchen afterwards, as necessary.
• Accompanying on local shopping trips and local appointments - therefore driving licence holders preferred.
• The Employer has an automatic Motability vehicle which you will be driving if you are a licence holder (insurance restrictions may apply).
• 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. The Employer has a medium sized friendly dog. There is no pet care involved but you must be comfortable around animals. The Employer is a smoker however she does not smoke inside the home. Applicants 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.

The Employer lives with her family in Mawsley. She has fibromyalgia and various other health conditions. The level of support required will vary dependent on how her conditions are affecting her on any particular day.