Graduate/gap Year: Practical Assistant/personal Aide

2 weeks ago


Bury St, Suffolk, United Kingdom Ruth Everard Full time

About you


You will be one of the bright, competent and motivated people who make up the team of PAs that makes my busy life practical.

You will be organised, practical and self-motivated, with attention to detail and the ability to plan. You may not yet have the confidence, but you have excellent interpersonal skills and you learn quickly.

This role gives you the opportunity to learn important transferable skills and gives you flexibility to earn and still travel, work elsewhere or take part in other activities in your time off (at least 14 days per month, yes, you read that right:
per month). You can have this job while based or living anywhere within a few hours travel of Cambridge. Minimum commitment of four months, maximum one year.

About me
My name is Ruth and I am an Independent Employer in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. I am supportive, innovative and bold.

My goal is to develop the careers of certain young people who spend one year supporting me, while I lead a full and happy personal and professional life without letting my disability stand in the way of this.


Our work environment includes:

  • Food provided while on duty
  • Loads of time off (two weeks per month)
  • Growth and career development opportunities
  • A stepping stone to many different careers
  • Positive about Youth Employment
I am an educated professional in my forties.

I am a civil & commercial mediator, resolving people's disputes before they get to court; and I also run a small engineering social enterprise which builds technology for disabled people.

I have a sense of humour and a can-do approach.

I live with my partner and our energetic dog, and when we are not working we lead a busy, happy and active home life too.

I do everything that anyone else in my position does, but the difference is that I live my life with a physical disability that means I am extremely weak.


I use a powerchair and I need to have someone alongside me at all times to help me with the simple things that my condition prevents me from doing for myself.

Basically, this job is to lend me your arms and legs, and use your brain to make it all look easy It's a role which is very varied, and you can make as much of it as you wish:

there's personal care, it involves helping me as I do my job, there's cooking and stuff in my home, and I'll rely upon you to organise things so it is physically and practically possible to do everything I do.


The residential working pattern of this job means that you live-in day and night for one-third of each shift cycle, and then you have twice as much time off duty at home.

You can be paid a regular salary for committing to this, or you can work on a zero-hours basis and choose when you work.

During each shift you stay with me in my home, or accompany me wherever I go, to be available as and when I need help.


This is a fantastic opportunity for you if:

  • you are a new graduate wanting time to plan your next career steps,
- you are here in the UK on a working holiday visa, or
- you are taking a gap year before or after uni.

Currently recruiting for the following start dates:

  • February-April 202
  • June 202
  • August 202
  • September 2024
Work Remotely

  • No

Job Types:
Fixed term contract, Graduate, Internship

Contract length: 4-12 months

Salary:
Up to £27,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Additional leave
  • Discounted or free food
  • Flexitime
  • Sick pay

Schedule:

  • Flexitime

Supplemental pay types:

  • Loyalty bonus

Application question(s):

  • Which intake(s) are you available for? (Options are: February-April 2024, June 2024, August 2024, September 2024, or 2025)

Work Location:
In person

Expected start date: 15/04/2024
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