PA (Personal Assistant) Carer

Personal Assistants (PA) perform a variety of tasks, including domestic and personal care, helping with child care, looking after pets or leisure and social activities. It’s an important role and can be an extremely rewarding career, as you will be supporting someone to live an independent and active personal and social life. This can include people with physical or learning disabilities, older people, families with children with disabilities or people with mental health issues. It’s a very flexible role, you can work for just one or, if you prefer, a number of people, building up your hours and earning more.The wide range of tasks a PA may be asked to carry out might include:

• help with personal care, such as washing and dressing
• support to access community, social and leisure activities
• support with medication
• help with household tasks, such as cleaning and laundry
• driving
• preparing meals
• support with communication
• looking after pets

The job requirements will be defined by the service user but would involve some or all of the following:

• help with personal care, such as washing and dressing
• support to access community, social and leisure activities
• support with medication
• help with household tasks, such as cleaning and laundry
• driving
• preparing meals
• support with communication
• looking after pets