Personal Assistant – CILR

The Role

To support a 43-year-old gentleman with M.E, Autism, fibromyalgia and Neuropathy and has a heart condition, to maintain his home and support making meals and support cleaning, taking the gentleman shopping and social outings.

• All supportive household tasks.
• Attending GP appointments and Hospital appointments.
• Help with the gentleman’s birds and occasional cage cleaning, changing of birds water or food or cutting fruit for the birds.
• Shopping (taken to supermarket and shops and support for buying food/clothing/welfare bird related items and general household items)
• Planning and preparing (cooking) meals for gentleman.
• Prompted and support with personal care.
• Support with medication (reminding) and (taking where necessary if gentleman is unable too).
• Access the community for coffee shops and walks.
• Day trips/events and social outings, Zoo's, Nature parks, Coach trips, etc, the employer will pay for you to attend any pre planned outing agreed between you both, for quality of life.

• Complete respect of confidentiality and privacy, that anything said in private stays confidential between the applicant and the employer and no one else.
• The employer will also be extremely respectful of the applicant’s confidentiality and privacy, and this will be fully respected at all times inside and outside of the home.
• Must be very trustworthy and honest.
• Must feel comfortable around small birds due to customer's parrot which is hand tame.

Car owner with driving licence, use of own vehicle required, and business insurance essential, and must allow pet parrot in a small carry cage on some journeys.

FOR EMPLOYED:
Please note that this role may be subject to a DBS check, your employer may also ask for you to supply references. You must be able to prove the right to work in the UK. No sponsor ships are available.

FOR SE:
Please note that the person undertaking this role may be requested to supply evidence of DBS clearance and/or references where appropriate.

• Up to 6 days per week, consisting of 2hrs per day = 12 hrs per week (job share considered). Monday - Saturday. (Can be flexible with times but prefer afternoons, although mornings considered).
• Potential for extra hours/over time.

• £12.71 per hour Employed
• £18.00 per hour Self - Employed
• Job Type: Part time

This role is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 under Schedule 9.

Please note, Compass Disability Services (Compass Independent Living Team) is a support, advisory and payroll service. We support people with a disability or long-term health condition to live independently and retain control of their lives within the community. We are not the person that you will work for. You will work for the individual or family that we are supporting.