Positive Practical PA

Independent Lives; Chichester; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Independent Lives in the United Kingdom is seeking a friendly Personal Assistant to provide practical help, companionship and encouragement. This is not a care role and no specialist experience is required.

The role focuses on building simple routines and practical systems to help manage everyday tasks, plan the week, and enable outings with a supportive presence. Ideal candidates are patient, reliable, and able to explain things clearly, with good timekeeping and a positive, can-do attitude

Qualifications

• Role focuses on practical help, companionship and confidence building.
• No specialist care or medical experience required.
• Ability to set up simple systems, routines and habits.
• Flexible role that evolves with the employer's needs.
• Reliable, patient and good timekeeper.

Responsibilities

• Help organise weekly planning, paperwork and bill handling.
• Accompany to local courses or clubs to provide a reassuring presence.
• Plan monthly day trips to build confidence being out and about.
• Explain new systems clearly and support independence.

Skills

Organisation

Life skills

People skills

Reliability

Time management

Initiative

Communication

Creativity

Health & safety

Hygiene

Job description

A friendly, independent lady is looking for a positive, practical Personal Assistant. This is not a care role and no specialist experience is required - the focus is on practical help, companionship, and building confidence.

The overall goal: to help set up simple systems and routines that, over time, make it easy to manage everything and venture out independently.

The role covers three main areas:

• Organisation & Life Skills: Helping simplify and organise everyday life - from planning the week, sorting paperwork and accounts (bills), to learning a useful skill such as putting up a shelf. The aim is to cut through the overwhelm, put practical systems in place, and build habits that are easy to carry forward long-term.
• Getting Out & About: Accompanying to local courses, groups, or clubs - typically just once or twice for each one - to provide a friendly, reassuring presence until it feels comfortable to go alone.
• Monthly Day Out: Once a month, heading out for the day together somewhere enjoyable, to explore, have fun, and build confidence being out and about independently.

Practical, organised, and patient - someone who's good at setting things up and explaining them clearly

• Cheerful, encouraging, and genuinely enjoys spending time with people
• Takes the initiative and provides positive motivation, always with an eye on the end goal of enabling lasting independence
• Respectful of independence - your job is to help enable someone do things for themselves, not do things for them
• Comfortable with a flexible role that evolves over time
• This is a rewarding role for someone who gets satisfaction from helping another person feel more capable and connected. No care or mental health experience needed - just a positive, can-do attitude., Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
• Reliable with good timekeeping
• Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
• Hygienic, tidy and well organised
• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
• Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Honest and cheerful
• Creative
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

Notes:

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.