Gym Support Personal Assistant CC1056

Gym Support Personal Assistant

Ref: CC1056

Location: Croydon

Details
This role is to support a Man

Drivers licence required: No

Employment status:
Employed

Hours per week:
3 hours per week in 2 or 3 shifts, days flexible.

Hourly pay rate:
£13.85
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I am an outgoing person and enjoy meeting people. I love to have a laugh and enjoy having a good old chat.

My physical health has deteriorated in recent years due to a spinal injury, and I would like to try to improve this and maintain my mobility as much as I can.

This role is to help me at the gym with getting on and off the machines and navigating between them. For this, someone who is familiar with the gym would be crucial and ideally someone who has some knowledge or experience with supporting, hands on, with some stretching of my legs etc but this can be worked towards.

I’m a member of Better Gym so ideally, I would meet you at Thornton Health or South Norwood branch 2 days a week for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Duties include:
- Moving and handling
- Supporting to use and move between gym equipment.
- Support to mobilise .
- Support to get in and out of cab to and from the gym.

Candidate qualities:
- Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
- Reliable with good timekeeping
- Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
- Hygienic, tidy and well organised
- Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
- Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
- Honest and cheerful
- Creative
- Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
- Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
- Be familiar with the gym and ideally someone who has some knowledge or experience with supporting, hands on, with some stretching of my legs etc but this can be worked towards over time.

Notes:
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

If you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

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