Personal Assistant CILR/Dorset/221025

Compass Independent Living; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Compass Independent Living offers a part-time support role to help a 19-year-old young woman access the community and develop essential life skills, including using local buses and managing daily tasks at home.

We value confidentiality, reliability, and respect for dignity. DBS checks may be required, and you must prove your right to work in the UK. Some roles may require travel and flexible hours in the evenings or weekends.

Qualifications

• Respectful of confidentiality and privacy.
• Responsible, reliable and trustworthy.
• Respectful of dignity and independence.
• Good communication skills and social skills.
• Punctual, reliable and flexible.
• Ability to work on your own initiative.
• Understanding, adaptable and organised.
• Must like cats.
• Car driver preferred with own car and business insurance essential.

Responsibilities

• To support a 19-year-old young woman to access the community and to build on life skills.
• Support to use local buses
• Support to build on life skills
• Support with domestic tasks in the home

Skills

Confidentiality and privacy

Responsible and trustworthy

Dignity and independence

Good communication skills

Punctual and reliable

Initiative

Organised and adaptable

Likes cats

Car driver

Job description

Main Duties:

• To support a 19-year-old young woman to access the community and to build on life skills.
• Support to use local buses
• Support to build on life skills
• Support with domestic tasks in the home

Personal Qualities and Attributes required:

• Respectful of confidentiality and privacy
• Responsible, reliable and trustworthy
• Respectful of dignity and independence
• Good communication skills and social skills
• Punctual, reliable and flexible
• Ability to work on your own initiative
• Understanding, adaptable and organised
• Must like cats
• Car driver preferred with own car and business insurance essential

FOR EMPLOYED: Please note that this role may be subject to a DBS check, your employer may also ask for you to supply references.

You must be able to prove the right to work in the UK. No sponsorships are available.

FOR SE: Please note that the person undertaking this role may be requested to supply evidence of DBS clearance and/or references where appropriate.

Hours:

• 4 hours per week with the possibility of increasing over time
• Available to work some evenings and some weekends if required

Pay:

• £16.46 per hour Self – Employed
• £13.96 per hour employed

Job Type: Part time

Please note, Compass Disability Services (Compass Independent Living Team) is a support, advisory and payroll service. We support people with a disability or long-term health condition to live independently and retain control of their lives within the community. We are not the person that you will work for. You will work for the individual or family that we are supporting.