Self-Employed PA/Support Worker

PA Pages; Mount Pleasant; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive care service in Newhaven is seeking an individual to provide assistance to a woman. Responsibilities include companionship, cooking, shopping, and housekeeping. Candidates must have a respected privacy, reliability, and interpersonal skills. A driver's license and own vehicle are required for this role. The position may be employed or self-employed depending on suitability and agreement with the employer.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate in English to a reasonable standard.
• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties.
• Non-smoker preferred or willing to refrain from smoking during working hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide companionship.
• Assist with cooking and shopping.
• Carry out housekeeping tasks.
• Administer other relevant duties as required.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Reliability

Organization

Honesty

Creativity

Patient

Job description

Details

This role is to support a Woman.

Location: Newhaven

Hours per week: 6 hours per week; days and times to be discussed at interview. Mileage 20 miles per week at £0.45 per mile.

Hourly pay rate: TBD

Drivers licence required: Yes

Own vehicle needed: Yes

Duties include:

• Other relevant duties as required
• Administration
• Housekeeping
• Shopping
• Cooking
• Transportation
• Companionship
• 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 speak and read English to a reasonable standard
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

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 speak and read English to a reasonable standard
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

Additional requirements

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

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.

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.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9