Personal Assistant/Carer

LCC Direct Payment Recipient; Scraptoft; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A caregiving organization located in Scraptoft is seeking a Personal Assistant to support a client with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. The role involves assisting with social engagement and reassurance, ensuring the client feels safe and secure. Candidates must be responsible, reliable, and patient. Employed PAs receive benefits including paid annual leave and pension contributions. This position is part-time, requiring 8 hours a week during weekdays.

Benefits

5.6 weeks paid annual leave

Pension contributions

Enhanced DBS certificate paid for

Qualifications

• Must be responsible, reliable, patient, and respectful of others' privacy.
• Genuine applicants only.

Responsibilities

• Support social engagement and activities.
• Assist partner to enable work and leisure.
• Provide constant reassurance to the client.

Skills

Responsibility

Reliability

Patience

Respect for privacy and dignity

Job description

Overview

Support with social engagement and activities. 8 hours per week – employed or self-employed. Weekdays only, to be confirmed with the personal assistant (PA).

Responsibilities

• Company, safety, and community engagement.
• Support for partner to enable them to work and have leisure.

Client information

Client main diagnosis: Early onset Alzheimer’s disease. They are not always orientated to their home and need supervision. They are frightened that they will be on their own and that they are stupid and people will laugh at them. They need constant reassurance in this respect.

Work environment and requirements

• Manual Handling: None required.
• Pets: An energetic dog.
• Communication: There are no communication barriers.
• Client enjoys: Walking, their local café, and to chat.
• There is a 10-year-old child in the family.

Candidate profile

This opportunity is suited for someone who is responsible, reliable, patient, and respectful of others’ privacy, dignity, values, and beliefs. Genuine applicants only, please.

Benefits and requirements

• Benefits for an employed PA include 5.6 weeks paid annual leave (pro rata), pension contributions, Tax and NI contributions.
• An enhanced DBS certificate is applicable to this role (DBS paid for by funding authority).
• Role subject to interview and references.

Other notes

The advert may close before the deadline date if a high number of responses are received.