Applicant status required: Self-Employed
* This role is a private arrangement with a person or family who is seeking support for someone else or themselves. You will not be employed by or carry out work for Humans Cornwall; we have a dedicated team to help identify private personal assistants for care and support. These roles are personally assisting somebody to achieve their goals, gain independence and/or manage their daily lives; These will be self-funded by the family or person, or they may receive a Direct payment from Cornwall council. *
Location: Penzance
Young adult seeking personal assistant experienced with ASD and epilepsy to assist with managing and organising admin and daily personal/household tasks. They enjoy reading, drawing, music and maritime/polar exploration history. The ideal candidate should possess good organisational skills, patience, empathy/compassion, and great sense of humor. This role would suit a more mature, patient and experienced person with similar interests.
Support required:
– Assist with/perform domestic tasks: cleaning/laundry
– Assist with grocery shopping, meal preparation and planning for the week
– Assist with admin tasks: bill paying, medication coordination, correspondence and calendar organisation
– Accessing community
Hourly rate of pay: £ 14.72
Hours per week: 6
Working schedule: 6hrs weekly with possibility to increase. Flexibility in scheduling preferred.
Essential:
– Valid DBS
– Public Liability Insurance
– Must be self-employed
– Be clear in communication
– Patient
– Knowledge of epilepsy disorders and autism and experience with both or either desired
– Reliability
– Able to be flexible with hours (may need less or more hours a week)
– Non-smoker including vape and e-cigarettes
Offers of employment will be subject to DBS checks & referencing. If the role is on a self-employed basis, please ensure you have proof of employment status and public liability insurance.
When applying, your C.V. will be passed onto the family or person for their consideration. Due to the high number of applicants that are received for various roles, it is not possible to inform applicants if they have been unsuccessful. Please contact the below email for updates if needed.
If interested, please click apply or send your CV to michelle@humanscornwall.co.uk and quote reference H79
