Main characteristics
- Location
- Brighton, East Sussex
- Company
- PPILS
- Salary
- £13.50 - £14.70 per hour Self-employed
- Employment type
- part-time
- Category
- Personal Care Assistant
Job summary
I'm an artist (drawing, textile art, sculpture), immersed in creativity and contemporary art, and with a deep love of the natural world. Also a writer (fiction/non fiction/poetry). My career was as an arts educator and mindfulness teacher.I also enjoy hand stitching and textile art. Houseplants and gardens. Politics, psychology, philosophy. Buddhism, spirituality, meditation. Being in nature. Listening to podcasts on any of these.
I have chronic fatigue syndrome.
**Main Duties**
* Housework
* Hoovering
* Food Shopping
* Accessing the community
* Batch Cooking
* The role will require applicants to push me in a wheelchair, so they need to be physically fit enough to push me (I'm average BMI for my height (5ft 7) and get the chair up and down 7 external steps.
* Simple home maintenance/DIY
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**Desired PA**
* Organisational
* Good Communication
* Punctual
* Good Humour
* Flexible working hours
* Long term
* I have lots of food allergies and intolerances and am on a special diet to correct certain health issues. So, all meals have to be batched cooked from scratch and cooking is a huge part of the role. So, any applicant needs to be a confident, resourceful and creative cook.
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**Essential requirements for PA**
* Long term
* Permanent
* Multitasker
* Flexible
* Must be registered self-employed with HMRC and have or be willing to take out PA Public Liability Insurance (Approximately £8pcm)
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**Work Schedule and Pay rate**
Self-Employed PA hourly rate is currently £13.50ph weekday and £14.70ph weekend.
The role is 2x lunchtime shifts per week 12-2pm and 1x mid-PM shift per week (3-5pm) I can offer some flexibility with times to fit in with other work/school-run etc. A total of 6 hours PW. There may be more shifts available later in the year.
Days: Applicants must be available to work either a Saturday or Sunday (their choice). If they wish to, they can work 2 weekend days and 1 weekday. Otherwise they will work 1 weekend day and 2 weekdays. Weekdays - Wednesday Thursday Friday (their choice).
I am immuno-compromised and clinically extremely vulnerable, which means I must minimize the possibility of contact with Covid-19. Applicants will need to be aware of the risks that vulnerable people still face and have high standards of personal hygiene and care. They will wear a face mask at all times whilst working. LFTs are done before each shift. Vaccination, however is not a requirement.