Personal Assistant

Are you looking for pleasant and flexible paid work without an education or degree requirement? Would you like to influence your workload and where and when you work? Do you consider helping other people important and want to do work that feels rewarding? If you answered yes, we recommend personal assistant work with Aarre Avustajat. Below you will find more information about Aarre Avustajat and personal assistant work, as well as a link to the application form. You can apply easily without a separate CV. Please contact us if you have any questions. You can find the easy-to-complete application form here: https://www.tuntinetti.fi/AarreAvustajatHakulomake.html WORK AVAILABLE AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT We are now looking for new personal assistants for our clients for important but flexible assistance work. This is paid employment and suits people seeking full-time, part-time, occasional or gig work. As a personal assistant, you can decide how much and when you work, so the work can also be combined with another job or studies. You do not need special education for assistant work; the right attitude and reliability are the most important qualities. At Aarre Avustajat, you receive ongoing support and guidance from your own staff contact and will not be left alone with your matters or questions. WHAT IS PERSONAL ASSISTANCE AND WHAT DOES AN ASSISTANT DO? Personal assistance is a service in which the personal assistant acts as the client’s hands and feet, carrying out activities the client would do themselves but cannot manage alone because of a disability or illness. The assistant helps the client with everyday tasks both at home and outside the home. Assistant duties are often ordinary everyday tasks that we all do in our own lives. The work does not include tasks requiring separate qualifications, such as a practical nurse qualification; anyone can work as an assistant. Tasks may include helping the client shop, go outdoors, eat or prepare food, get dressed, take part in hobbies or manage household chores. WHO IS SUITED TO BE AN ASSISTANT? As an employer of several hundred personal assistants, we can say that people with the right attitude towards this important work are best suited to be personal assistants. An assistant should be reliable, positive, helpful, hardworking and people-oriented. You do not need previous comparable work experience, because every new assistant receives comprehensive induction at Aarre Avustajat’s own Aarre Academy before starting work. Experience or education in assistance or care may nevertheless be useful for some clients. WHAT KIND OF SHIFTS ARE AVAILABLE, AND CAN I INFLUENCE THEM? Personal assistance takes place on weekdays and weekends, and shifts are often available from morning until evening. At Aarre Avustajat, you can decide how much and when you want to work, as well as what kind of client you would like to assist. We aim to match our clients’ assistance needs with our assistants’ work preferences so that the arrangement suits everyone. You will always be able to meet a prospective new client before the client relationship begins. If something does not work as you expected, we can look together for an option that suits you. If you wish, you can work as an assistant for as many clients as you like. APPLYING Our recruitment is ongoing, so please complete the application form carefully. Remember to list all the municipalities where you can work so that we can contact you as soon as we find a suitable client. Completing the form does not commit you to anything. A person hired as a personal assistant must provide the employer with a criminal record extract issued less than six months earlier before starting work. The applicant must request the extract electronically from the Legal Register Centre. Welcome to our great team! APPLY TO WORK FOR AARRE AVUSTAJAT! You can find the easy-to-complete application form here: https://www.tuntinetti.fi/AarreAvustajatHakulomake.html FURTHER INFORMATION www.aarreavustajat.fi You can send any questions about the job to the email address below: rekry@aarreavustajat.fi