Female Personal Assistant

I am looking for a female Personal Assistant to support me in my home and in the community. I have been diagnosed with chronic health conditions which affect my mobility and my communication. I also have autism and anxiety which affect my confidence. I live with my 18 year old son, who has additional needs. Ideally you will help me with planning, shopping for and preparing healthy meals. I require some help to keep my home clean and tidy and to organise and keep on top of finances and paperwork. I also require some assistance with communication including using the telephone and technology. I sometimes need prompting with personal care and may require assistance with this on occasions. Due to my health conditions, I sometimes find it hard to meet my physical health goals and would like support to do this. I would like help accessing the community and would love to find some groups of people with similar conditions to me. I also enjoy arts and crafts.

Responsibilities

Meal planning and preparation; Prompting and support with personal care; Support with maintaining physical health goals; Support to access the community and local groups; Some cleaning and tidying; Support with organising the home; Pushing my manual wheelchair when I need to use it; Support with finances and paperwork; Support with communication and using technology

Requirements

Friendly, caring and patient; Reliable, trustworthy and confidential; Animal lover; Experience with adults and children with autism; Female carers only, due to the personal care element (Schedule 9, P1 of the Equality Act 2010 applies); Satisfactory enhanced DBS check; Satisfactory references from two referees, one of which must be current or last employer; Completion of a satisfactory probation period of 6 months

Benefits

Annual holiday entitlement equivalent to 5.6 consecutive weeks; Access to free Care Skills training; Reimbursement of agreed expenses; Enhanced DBS check cost covered by employer