LGBTQ+/Disability-friendly Home-help Aid/Personal Care Assistant

Looking to build a team of 2 or 3 assistants that work well together. I live in Manayunk. I have less apparent disabilities that makes maintaining my home difficult. I need a couple dependable people for part-time help that together have the skills for the following: cleaning, organizing, basic house maintenance, cooking, driving, errands and developing and maintaining systems and planning.

I strive to be a socially just employer. Immigrants and D/deaf individuals are welcome to apply—I know some ASL.

You do not have to have all of the skills listed below. In fact, knowing your skills, weaknesses, and boundaries is essential.

Please respond to this ad by indicating your best and weakest skills of those listed below.

SKILL AREAS

-Good at SETTING UP SYSTEMS. Help the team of assistants run well and keep track of objects, responsibilities and schedules. For example, help set up a virtual calendar where people write down their scheduled times and track their actual hours worked. Also set up a system for making sure assistants don't forget to put important things in the right place at the end of the shift.

-MEAL PLANNING, COOKING, baking, and shopping. You would be shopping with me mostly, but need skills like picking out good produce, comparison shopping etc. I will lead the planning and cooking, but need a sous chef and help with planning and shopping. I need advice without judgment of my methods and budgeting. Bonus points for clever ways to have meals ready to go in the fridge that just need heating. Being neurodiverse and having eating disorders, I need people to not judge or try to life coach me, just support my existing process.

-SEWING - mainly minor things like hemming clothing

HELP ORGANIZING REMEMBERING AND SETTING UP SYSTEMS for things, such as:

- Returning things to Amazon

and other retailers

- Ordering and picking up

meds on schedule

- Finding new homes for

things, remembering those

locations, and putting them

back

Experience helping set up a household for wheelchair accessibility A+

-SEX AND KINK POSITIVE. I'm a sex educator and a queer person. An assistant will at times be needed to help me set up and take down at kink events. This person should be comfortable coming to such events and help load in, set up and take down. You are not required to stay. You are required to treat everybody with dignity. You must be able to understand the difference between sex positive and flirtatious. I am not at all interested in sexual connections with employees.

-DRIVING to/from appointments including some nights and weekends. Doctors appointments, choir rehearsal, physical therapy, kink events, photoshoots, meetings with clients, swimming, and other activities. Drivers need to have a flexible schedule and be alert, sober while working, and comfortable with driving at night and in big cities including New York. The person that takes me to swim would need to be able to swim themselves, help me change before and after swimming, and help me climb up the ladder by supporting an arm and applying a little leverage.

CLEANING AND ORGANIZING:

- Cleaning kitchen and dishes,

including items used to cook

meat

- Decluttering and organizing

living space

- Looking for things

- Cleaning bathroom

- Sorting through and storing

boxes

- Laundry

- Changing kitty litter

- Changing sheets and chuck

pads

-NON-JUDGMENTAL Help With Hair And Clothing. I don’t currently need a lot of help with personal hygiene or clothing, but I need help with my shoes and sometimes with belts, buttons, tighter shirts, tank tops, or camisoles. I’m genderqueer, and wear a large variety of men’s and women’s clothing. I need help using clippers on the back of my hair. Bonus points, if you want to help me learn a few new makeup tricks.

-MINOR REPAIR AND HANDY PERSON TASKS. Tasks that require use of drills, screwdrivers, and other tools, such as tightening a screw on a dryer door, hanging shelves, putting together furniture, installing small appliances, or repairing laminate flooring.

-LINEAR AND BIG PICTURE THINKING. Help me and the team think through and coordinate logistics and schedule planning for the week.

-ATTENTION TO DETAIl. Need a detail-oriented person to help with organizing and minutia, such as making sure there’s no lint on photographs before they are sent out.

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Required of all parties:

-Scent and perfume-free

-Able to lift around 50 pounds

-Disability- and trans-friendly and knowledgeable

-Follow my lead even if you don’t 100% understand why I need things the way I do.

-Tactful, proactive, and clear communicator who takes direction well, but can also think ahead and make suggestions.

-Know your own skills and weaknesses. Give me a heads up when you’ve committed to something you can’t execute or if you encounter difficulty with a task or project.

-Understand that I am the one in control of my life even though I need physical assistance and some help with planning and linear thinking.

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Starting pay: $15.45 per hour

Schedule:

The number of hours per week isn't negotiable. Starting at 10 hours a week but could be more. Days and shifts can vary from week to week to fit both our schedules.

Night owls are a plus. Most work will start after 12:00 p.m. with some weekend nights required. Much of it will be in the evening and into the night if your schedule allows. It’s also possible for some assistants to work afternoons with others on night shifts.

I said at the beginning please respond with some details about how your good fit and what your weaknesses might be. One word responses or one sentence responses will likely not be responded to. If is ad is up the position is still open.