last week I took on a new Personal assistant to help with my personal care, house and assist me to and in swimming because of my physical limitations. I always wear a locket which was given to me by a family I nannied for 15 years, it was solid hallmarked silver with a large flat pearl oval front about 1.5 inches in size, not a cheap piece of jewelry, It had inside the only small picture of my late partner and lock of his hair i had left. whilst changing to swim she took it off me at my request, I assumed she put it in a safe place in my handbag so after swimming was not worried when it was not put back on, only when i tried to find it, it is no where to be found in either my handbag or swim bag. I broached this with her asking where she put it only to be told she does not know!
not only has she lost it but today I found an important letter which was in my bedroom at the bottom of the dustbin covered in Tea bags (i do not even drink tea!) and to top it off when i came to bed she had switched on a plug in radiator and left it on all day so not only wasting electricity but boiling my bedroom to an uncomfortable level!
she also lied about her driving ability, not mentioning 6 points on her licence which would raise my insurance by £150 per month if i were to add her to my car insurance! the job discription included that i needed someone to drive my car!
but to her defence she is punctual, cheerful and good handling and bathing me.
not sure if i should stop the trial period before she 'looses' or throws out anything else important or if i should give her a second chance with a warning .