CM​/KEFemale Personal Assistant​/Care Assistant - Weekends

Responsibilities

• To assist the employer in the preparation and cooking of meals.
• Cleaning and tidying the kitchen afterwards, as necessary.
• Supporting the employer on local shopping trips, coffee shops or visiting country parks etc.
• Accompanying her to medical appointments.
• A driver with a full licence and use of a reliable car (with a boot big enough to accommodate wheelchair) is preferred.
• Helping with laundry and carrying out light household duties to ensure the home is kept in a clean and tidy condition.
• Help with dressing when required.
• Personal care may be needed dependant on how the employer's conditions are affecting her on any given day.
• Supporting the employer with correspondence and telephone calls as required. Therefore, a good level of spoken and written English is essential.
• Any other task which the employer may reasonably ask you to do which falls within the scope of the job as a Personal Assistant.

Additional employment information:
The successful applicant will be friendly, able to give empathetic support, while respecting the employer's independence but also able to take instruction. Must be flexible, trustworthy and active with a good sense of humour. This Employer is also looking for an additional PA to provide week day cover (please see the other job vacancy reference CM10/23/KE25, if interested). Please note you will be directly employed by the person (or their representative) that you will be assisting.

The Council is not the employer.

The employer is a lady living in her home in Kettering. She is a wheelchair user. She has a brain tumour and other various health conditions. To be discussed further at interview.