Personal Assistant - Kidderminster (EC)

Job title: Personal assistant (PA)

Reporting to: The Employer

Location: Kidderminster DY10

Job purpose

To assist with a variety of tasks which will enable the person who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.

About the employer

Our client is a 29-year-old female living in Kidderminster who is looking to recruit a Self-Employed Personal Assistant/Communicator Guide to provide support at home with daily tasks and to access the local community.

Our client is living with a brain tumour and is also registered as deaf/blind, as she has lost sight in her field of vision and is assisted in hearing using 2 hearing aids. The brain tumour & treatments have left our client with fatigue, cognitive and mobility issues.

Main duties

Social duties:

• Keep in touch and socialise with family and friends.
• Support to attend local Christian Church on Sunday mornings.
• Support to join exercise classes including cycling and swimming.
• Attend medical appointments if required.
• Support accessing art related activities across the region.
• Support visiting friends for the day or occasionally overnight.

Domestic duties:

• Support at home to undertake light domestic tasks e.g. washing bedding and checking medication box and supplies. Support with arranging and attending routine medical appointments at the hospital. Support with meal planning, grocery shopping, preparing & cooking a meal to serve to her family.

Type of person that you/they are looking for

• Values: Someone that is honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, ability to build good relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, able to work alone, positive, willingness to travel, understands equality and diversity or has a good sense of humour.
• Specific requirements: Empathising with & understanding of young woman’s adult living life with a disability.
• Excellent communication skills, listening and speaking in the context of visual & auditory deficits.
• Willingness to attend & receive additional training as required.
• You’ll need to be available to work during the week & weekends as well as in the week, on a schedule to be agreed, with flexibility to be discussed.
• Have up to date DBS & first aid certificates
• Other: Due to the nature of this role including personal care the potential employer will be considering female applicants only.

Hours of work & Rate of Pay:

28 hours per week @ £15.00 per hour

8 hours per week @ £28.00 per hour

Skills, qualifications, and experience

Essential:

• Full UK Driving licence
• Car and appropriate insurance
• Excellent communication skills, listening and speaking in the context of visual & auditory deficits
• Have knowledge of/be willing to learn basic sign language
• Confidentiality
• Good at building relationships

Preferred:

• Interested in or current practice in Art & Architecture, would be a bonus
• Ability to support people with complex care & support needs

This post is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check at the Employers request prior to commencing employment. This is confidential and at no cost to yourself.