About the Employer

I have suffered for many years with mental health issues including mood and anxiety disorder. I also suffer from gastritis, hypothyroidism, vitamin deficiency, asthma, and I have pre-diabetes. I struggle with medication and with general daily living tasks such as managing my home, housework, laundry, shopping and finances. I am looking for a PA to support me for 2 hours per week with daily living tasks around the home, managing and coping with housework, laundry and kitchen activities. I also need support to manage my medication appropriately and with paperwork, finances and ensuring bills etc have been paid. Support is also required to access the local community to pay bills and do some shopping.

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Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Mental Health

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Other relevant information

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to take medication.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.

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The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Required Skills

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.