I am seeking to recruit a female personal assistant to support me both at home and in the community; I am a wheelchair user with limited mobility. You will be required to work any day from Monday to Thursday, ideally on every Tuesday from 10am-2pm. it will be paid at £9.18(gross) per hour. As an individual I require assistance with personal care in the morning, cooking and food preparation, cleaning and support when out in the community and administrative tasks. I require a personal assistant who can provide assistance under my guidance, but who will also have the initiative to work in proactive manner.
Main Duties To support me with tasks such as:
Personal Care
Food preparation and cooking
Cleaning
Laundry
Support me shopping
Administration Tasks
Any other reasonable request that I may make.
The personal qualities I feel are important for my Personal Assistant are to have:
An understanding of the need for confidentiality
Respect for my privacy
A high standard of hygiene and cleanliness
An outgoing and cheerful personality
Both a reliable and a flexible approach to work
IT skills
Good organisational skills
A car driver would be desirable.
Supervision
My personal assistant will be directed by and accountable to me in all aspects of her work. She must always ask what I require and not make assumptions about any aspect of the assistance I need or how it should be done. Honest open communication would be needed.
Enabling me to carry out any chosen activity whether inside or outside my home, by carrying out any other requests that I may reasonably make.