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Independent Lives; Worthing; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Supportive work environment

Job summary

Independent Lives in Worthing seeks compassionate Personal Assistants to support a woman with complex care needs at home. The role includes dressing, personal care, and health-related tasks, with mileage paid for own-vehicle use.

The position is full-time and on-site in Worthing, requiring a full UK driving licence and reliability. Training will be provided; a positive, discreet, and proactive attitude is essential.

Qualifications

• Care experience is preferred; however, comprehensive specialist training is provided.
• Full UK driving licence required and own vehicle essential.
• Ability to provide high-quality health support, dressing, hygiene, medication and daily living help.

Responsibilities

• Personal grooming, eating and drinking assistance, and hygiene support.
• Moving and handling and clinical tasks as required.
• Medication prompting and administration.
• Housekeeping, shopping, cooking and transportation.
• Social activities support and companionship.

Skills

Care experience

Driving licence

Own vehicle

Empathy

Job description

Join a Kind, Creative Woman's Dedicated PA Team - Make a Real Difference Every Day! DP904

Join a Kind, Creative Woman's Dedicated PA Team - Make a Real Difference Every Day!

Ref: DP904

Location: Worthing

Details

This role is to support a Woman

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Employment status:

Employed

Company: Independent Lives Salary: from £15.50 an hour Hours: Full-time Location: Worthing Working pattern: On-site Job type: Permanent Posting date: 14 Sept 2026 Closing date: 14 Oct 2026

Hours per week:

• A range of shifts available, shifts are: 7.45am-4pm and 6pm-11pm.
• This role could be a job share.
• Plus cover and bank hours available.
• Also looking for casual/bank PAs.

Hourly pay rate:

Weekdays - £15.50. Weekends - £16.50 per hour. Mileage rate (if applicable): 40p per mile when transporting me in your own car to and from appointments

Requirements:

• Specialist Clinical Care: Monitoring my orthotic brace and providing specialist health support (full training provided).
• Daily Support: Help with dressing, hygiene, medication
• Housekeeping, and meal prep.
• Outings: Driving to theatres, galleries, and social outings in your own car (40p/mile mileage paid).
• Essential: Full UK driving licence and your own vehicle and ability to use at work

Qualities:

• Reliable, empathetic, and professional. You should be able to work with precision and accuracy. You should be able to concentrate to enable skilled clinical assistance. You should be lively and cheerful but also respect the need for quiet and discretion during rest or when guests are visiting.
• Experience: Care experience is preferred; however, comprehensive specialist training is provided (no nursing degree required).

Benefits

• Person-specific clinical training and ongoing mentoring.
• Pension scheme and a supportive, purposeful work environment.

Do you have a positive, proactive attitude and a caring, enthusiastic nature? Would you like to advance your complex health care skills supporting a woman in her own home? If so, I'd love to welcome you to my team.

I'm looking for compassionate and dedicated PAs to join a small, supportive team that helps me live life as independently and fully as possible. Together, we make every day more manageable - and more enjoyable.

I have complex health care needs, so full training will be provided—including opportunities to develop your skills in specialist areas like clinical care. You'll be helping me to stay connected to my community, spend time with loved ones, and continue to do the things that bring me happiness.

Although my physical needs are very specific and in some ways limiting, I am a very independent-minded person.

A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential, as you'll be driving me to appointments, social visits, and days out.

I am a creative woman who enjoys a wide range of interests, including arts and crafts, music, singing, theatre, films, visiting galleries, and the occasional alternative therapy and beauty treatments. If you're someone who genuinely enjoys supporting others and is looking for a role with purpose, this could be just right for you.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced complex care provider or a motivated individual with a strong care background who is eager to develop new clinical skills through specialist on-the-job training.

Duties include:

• Personal grooming
• Eating and drinking assistance
• Moving and handling
• Clinical tasks
• Other relevant duties as required
• Administration
• Shopping
• Cooking
• Transportation
• Companionship
• Bathroom assistance
• Clinical Tasks & Complex Care: Assisting with daily specialist continence care and clinical needs.
• Orthotic Support: Providing essential care for an extensive plastic body brace worn 24/7. This includes meticulous monitoring of skin health, and the integrity and positioning of the brace.
• Personal Care: Full assistance with dressing/undressing, personal grooming, and toileting/continence care.
• Medication: Prompting and administering medication.
• Moving & Handling: Assisting with safe positioning and transfers, using equipment where necessary.
• Daily Living Support: Housekeeping, laundry, grocery shopping, and cooking.
• Social assistance: Supporting me to continue pursuing my interests and hobbies, such as: going to art galleries, theatre, live music, arts and crafts, wellness and beauty activities.
• Transportation: Driving me to appointments, social visits, and days out.

Candidate qualities:

• 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
• The role requires close personal contact with an individual who is extremely vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission. Preference may be given to applicants who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Careful consideration will be given to applicants who can show the vaccination is not suitable for them on reasonable grounds.

Additional requirements

• Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours

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

If you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

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