Job Ref: SW CG Disabled professional woman requires Personal Assistant, two hours per week, £15 per hour, Meadowbank/ Lochend area

Job reference: SW CG
Area: City of Edinburgh
Working pattern: Zero-Hours
Closing date: Open
Rate of pay: £15 per hour

Job Description

Job Title:            Personal Assistant

Wages:                £15 per hour

Hours:                 Two hours, anytime Friday, or Saturday morning

Location:            Edinburgh

Contract:            Zero hours, with holiday pay

Hello! I’m a wheelchair user, with a background in academia, third sector, government and the arts. These days I work full-time from home, running a social enterprise. I’m looking for someone to provide me with reliable, regular support for two hours every Friday, or Saturday morning, mostly with things around the house and some minor personal care. Exactly what time can be flexible, by agreement. There may sometimes be scope for additional hours if needed and it suits you.

Attitude is important. I need practical support to get on with my life. I don’t need ‘looking after’ and protecting! Attention to detail matters, e.g. I have limited reach, so I need PAs to remember to leave things where I can reach them. Good communication is important too, e.g. if you’re unavoidably going to be late. I sometimes work with senior people in government and elsewhere, so confidentiality is a must. Previous experience of providing support to a disabled person would be helpful, but it isn’t essential if you’re willing to learn. And it’s obviously important (for both of us!) that we get on well.

I have some respiratory and other issues which mean I’m still at clinical risk from Covid, so I need my PAs to be careful about ensuring my safety, e.g. by wearing a mask in the house (I can supply). Happy to talk through any queries or concerns around this.

No closing date for application but posts to be filled as soon as possible.

Thanks so much for your interest!

Key tasks

  1. Carry out routine basic housework at my direction, including washing up, cleaning, laundry, put clothes away, water plants, fill kettle, put shopping away, etc.
  2. Assist with minor personal care, as required, e.g. help with compression socks, or to put a coat on [if it’s ever safe enough to leave the house again!].
  3. Occasional shopping, collect prescriptions, post letters, etc.
  4. Occasionally assist with food preparation, as required.
  5. Possibly accompany me in a taxi e.g. to medical appointments.
  6. Undertake other tasks that need doing around the house – and garden if you’re up for it! – as may reasonably be required.
  7. Take all possible Covid-safety measures.
  8. Support efficient effective administration related to this role, e.g. promptly check and sign timesheets, provide me with prompt information if you change address.

Person specification

Essential things you need:  

  1. Good organisational skills
  2. Good listening skills
  3. Reliability and punctuality
  4. Flexible approach
  5. Attention to detail, thoroughness
  6. Happy to be directed but also able to use initiative appropriately when needed.

 Desirable things you might have:

  1. Previous experience of supporting a disabled person, or of living or working with a disabled person.
  2. Interest/s in any of the following: social policy, sociology, economics, politics, equality, the arts, clinical science, environment, health and social care, aerosol physics/ clean air technology.

 

How to apply

To download an application pack please click Application pack August 2025, or call our recruitment line on 0131 475 2558 quoting job reference SW CG.

Please note Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living (LCIL) provides support to individual disabled employers.  LCIL is not the employer and only provides the recruitment and administrative support to the individual employer.

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