Lady seeking carer in Norwich 37 hrs p/w, support, child minder and school runs @ £12 p/h

TN United Kingdom; Norwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

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Lady seeking carer in Norwich 37 hrs p/w, support, child minder and school runs @ £12 p/h, Norwich

Client: UKCIL

Location: Norwich

Job Category: Education

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: caeea6ae1081

Job Views: 97

Posted: 10.03.2025

Expiry Date: 24.04.2025

Job Description:

Job Purpose: I am a visually impaired, diabetic lady with mobility issues (I use a walker and a manual wheelchair) and I am looking for a Personal Assistant to support me with day-to-day tasks. This post would ideally be a job share with another Personal Assistant. I have three sons, the youngest will start year 2 in September. I would like someone to support me with all aspects of morning routine for myself and my youngest; getting up, personal care and breakfast. You will also be required to assist me with taking my son to and from school during the school year. Other weekly tasks to be completed as needed could include batch cooking, cleaning, some light gardening duties as well as supporting me with attending various appointments and activities. During the weekends I would like further support to spend quality time with my young son like playing, going out for walks or going shopping in the city. Exact list of duties will be advised beforehand. Successful candidates need to hold a clean UK driving licence and have the appropriate business insurance cover.

Details:

• Personal care - particularly feet care and cutting nails.
• Washing back and hair when my condition prevents me from doing this easily.
• Medication - assistance with opening packages and blister packs as I do not have a good grip with my hands.
• Meal preparation - healthy diet, batch cooking.
• Support with taking my youngest son to school.
• Support with attending various appointments.
• Supported activities and parenting support.
• Cleaning and general household tasks.
• Help with the garden like mowing the lawn and odd bits of work.
• Support when I need to take my cats to vet appointments.

Person Specification:

Essential:

• Caring, with sensitive and gentle manner.
• Serious approach to care.
• Patient with a calm manner.
• Friendly with good sense of humour.
• Likes cats.
• Driver with own car and appropriate business insurance.
• Experience of caring for young children.

Desirable:

• Female carer preferred for the personal care element.
• Experience with caring for someone with visual impairment.
• Experience of caring for someone with Fibromyalgia.

Summary Terms and Conditions:

• The rate of pay for this position is £12 per hour.
• Hours and times of work: Job share 37 hours per week split over 5 days as follows: around 37 hours Monday to Friday to start at 07:30 until 12:00, supporting with my son getting to and from school for around 30 minutes in the morning and then 30 minutes in the afternoon (08:30-09:00 and then again 15:00-15:30). Then again at 15:00 until 16:00. Exact timings will be agreed mutually beforehand depending on the day.
• The annual holiday entitlement for this position will be equivalent to the work I would normally expect to be done during 5.6 consecutive weeks.

Post is subject to the following:

• A satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which will be covered by the employer.
• Satisfactory references from two referees, one of which must be your current or last employer.
• Completion of a satisfactory probationary period of 6 months.

Services:

• Meal Preparation
• Personal Care
• Domestic Care
• Social + Leisure activities
• Support to remain independent

Training:

• Safeguarding Adults/Children
• Understanding challenging behaviour

Transportation:

• Full UK driving license
• Own personal car

Schedule, Pay & Hours:

Time:

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mor Aft Eve ONA ONS

ONA = Overnight Awake / ONS = Overnight Sleep

Hour/Week 37.0

Pay/hr £12.00

Weekly Actual £: Monthly Actual £: Annual Actual £23: Annual FTE £24:

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