Supporting:
Female
Job Ref:
REF:SGO
Area:
BR2
Contract:
Permanent
Hours per week:
16
Type of support:
Personal care
Languages:
English
Age:
26 - 65 years
Job overview...:
Job Vacancy: Personal Assistant (Bromley)
We are looking for a PA who is flexible, patient, and willing to work collaboratively with the family to provide tailored support across personal, medical, social, and domestic care needs. She is supported by a caring family and enjoys outings, familiar environments, and gentle activities.
About the Client:
- Visual Impairment (Registered Blind)
- Learning Difficulty – Complex needs with communication difficulties
- Reduced Mobility
Role Overview:
Personal Care:
- Support with toileting, maintaining personal hygiene, showering, dressing, brushing teeth and hair
- Painting fingernails (she enjoys having them varnished)
- Supporting her at home and accompanying her on outings when required
Medical Care:
- Accompanying her to regular hospital appointments (usually at King’s College Hospital) alongside her father and/or stepmother
- Providing reassurance and understanding during appointments; ability to communicate with medical staff is important
- Flexibility to work beyond usual hours on appointment days (paid at the usual hourly rate; appointments are scheduled in advance)
Social Care:
- Shopping trips (to familiar and accessible locations)
- Visits to garden centres
- Outings for meals (assisting with ordering food and managing money)
Domestic Care:
- Supporting food preparation
- Changing bed linen, cleaning her room, and managing laundry
- Washing up and general tidying
Additional Requirements:
- A full driving licence and access to a car is highly desirable
Working Hours:
- 4 days per week
- 4 hours per day
- Flexibility required on hospital appointment days