SUMMARY               
| NORWICH NR7
Location |
£17.52
Per hour
| FIXED + COVER (including weekends and bank holidays)
Shifts
| SLEEP INS PLUS 2 WORKING HOURS 
4 days per month

Please read the full advert and answer every application question.

 | A warm welcome
Thank you for your interest. I’m looking for a reliable, kind and experienced female Personal Assistant to join my small PA team in Norwich, which I personally employ through Direct Payments. This is a genuine, long-term role supporting my daily routine, wellbeing and independence.

Please apply only if you are genuinely available for the shifts you list (Fixed + cover) and are interested in building a reliable, long-term working relationship.

·  Comfortable providing personal care with dignity and discretion

·   Comfortable working around two cocker spaniels and two kittens

·    Available for some weekend work, through fixed shifts and/or cover

·    Willing to provide references and complete required checks and paid training

·   Able to communicate honestly about availability, sickness and holidays

I am a 51-year-old disabled woman living in Norwich. Several long-term health conditions affect my mobility, pain, energy and daily routine. I use a wheelchair indoors and outdoors and value support that helps me remain as independent and involved in my own life as possible.

I previously worked in the NHS and continue to work privately from home for one afternoon each week. I share my home with two friendly mature cocker spaniels and two young kittens and my husband.

·        Personal care, including washing, showering, dressing, hair care and applying treatment creams

·        Discreet support with toileting routines and personal care needs

·        Preparing fresh hot meals, including meat and fish, while carefully following serious dietary and allergy requirements via Hello Fresh to make it easier.

·        Planning and organising practical daily tasks around pain, fatigue and medication routines and my schedule.

·        Wheelchair support from the vehicle for appointments, shopping, outings and community activities

·        Driving my automatic adapted Motability vehicle where agreed and appropriate

·        Light cleaning, laundry sorting and putting away, general household support for domestic cleaning in the areas I use

·        Feeding and helping with the dogs and kittens when required such a taking them out to the garden, and meals. 

·        Working positively with the PA team using WhatsApp, phone calendars (Outlook) and rota arrangements

 | Morning
 9am–12pm | Breakfast, personal care, dressing, hair care, lunch preparation and calm support with planning the day.
| Evening
 Around 5.30/6pm–7.30/8pm | Fresh meal preparation, evening personal care and support settling comfortably for the night.
| Community access
 Usually Wednesdays and Fridays between the hours of 1pm–5pm | Two, two-hour shift for appointments, shopping, social activities and dog-related outings.
| Domestic support
 Approx. 2 hours | Light cleaning and household support, usually on Monday or Wednesday.

·        Previous experience in personal care, care work, support work or a similar role

·        A calm, patient and practical approach, where service user always comes before procedures.

·        Respect for privacy, dignity, independence and person-centred care

·        Reliability, punctuality and honest direct communication

·        Confidence preparing fresh meals and carefully following dietary instructions

·        Comfort working independently and cooperatively within a small team

·        A genuine interest in stable, long-term work rather than a short placement

·        £17.52 per hour (annual inflation increment April), paid into your bank account with tax and National Insurance deducted at source. Opportunity of being included to Pension Scheme.

·        Paid shadowing with an experienced PA before working independently

·        Essential training is paid and required for insurance purposes on a yearly basis.

·        5.6 weeks’ WTE annual leave, accrued pro rata

·        Six-month probationary period, which may be extended if needed

·        Role subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check

 

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I confirm that the information I have provided is accurate and that I am genuinely interested in taking up this long-term role if offered.

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