Personal Assistant – Duns – 3166

Encompass; Duns; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 13,000; Part time

Job summary

Encompass in Duns is seeking Personal Assistants to provide social support to a client in her home and local community.

Roles are flexible, with blocks of support up to 15 hours per week, starting with afternoon blocks and not before 11am, enabling engagement in art, live music and community activities.

Qualifications

• No prior professional experience required; suitable for someone with the right personal attributes.
• Able to work in a home setting with a disabled client.
• Reliable and patient with good communication.

Responsibilities

• Support the disabled client to ensure their safety and well-being.
• Interact with the client and support activities they enjoy, in the home and local community.
• Accompany the client on trips out for appointments or social activities.
• Help organise around the home and access belongings as needed.
• Maintain cleanliness and tidiness of the client's equipment and surroundings.

Skills

Patience

Reliability

Initiative

Confidentiality

Job description

Personal Assistant–Duns

A ladyliving inDuns is looking for aPersonal Assistanteither permanently or reliefto support her with some social support. She has a physical disability and uses aself-managed electricwheelchair to mobilise. She has a keen interest in artand likes live music. She is looking for a couple ofreliablePA’swho wouldsupport her withher interestsand be able to offer some flexible blocks of supporteach week to help her engage in her local community.This may involve gettingout and aboutin the local community and going for a coffee, to the shops, bank etcas well as occasionally longer days planned for trips using transport support a little further afield. There will also besometimessupport is just in the home and supporting her with organising things around her home and helping her with her hobbies. This is purely socialsupport,and the PA does not needto be trained or experienced with Moving and Handling or personal care.

Terms:

• Hours per week:Up to15hours

• Hours of work:Flexiblebut preferably3-hourblocks minimum and not before11am.

• £14.60per hour.

• Paid annual leave entitlement of 5.6 weeks pro rata

• Probationary period of6months

Job Description

Main Tasks& Responsibilities

To support a disabledclientto ensure their safety and well-being.

• To develop a positive relationship with theclient.

• To interact with the client andsupport themwith activitiestheyenjoy, in the home, but also in the local community includinggoing outintheirself-propelled electricwheelchair.

• Support the client to organise around her home andbe able to access her belongings when she wishes.

• To support tomaintaincleanliness and tidiness of the client’s equipment and surroundings

• Toaccompanythe client on trips out of the housefor appointments or socialactivities.

• To support the client topossibly findand engage innew hobbies she may wish to partake in.

• To work as part of a small team to deliver flexible weekly support,planned in advancewith the client.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Patient andsensitive to the client’s needs

• Reliable,honestandtrustworthy

• Ability to use your own initiative.

• Ability to work sensitively in a home setting respecting the clientsright to privacy and to alwaysmaintainprofessional standards of confidentiality.

Skillsand Experience

Experience is not essential for a candidate with the right personal attributes.