DPPA/JT/3564216 - Personal Assistant

Ceredigion County Council Direct Payment Support Service; Aberaeron; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Ceredigion County Council Direct Payment Support Service in Aberaeron is recruiting for a part-time support worker to help a client with dementia with day-to-day activities. The role involves assisting with social outings, activities and meal preparation, with a focus on maintaining independence and well-being.

Hours are 6 per week on Tuesday and Wednesday, at £14.00 per hour. The post is based at Aberaeron and requires DBS checks and suitable references.

Qualifications

• Caring, honest, responsible and patient.
• Reliable with good time keeping.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and be aware of privacy.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills.
• Flexibility around hours of work.
• Ability to use own initiative and be self-motivated.

Responsibilities

• To help client continue to get out and about.
• To help with meal preparation.

Skills

Good sense of humour

Flexibility

Caring

Honest

Responsible

Patient

Reliable

Time keeping

Initiative

Self-motivated

Confidentiality

Privacy

Communication

Inter-personal skills

Job description

Company: Ceredigion County Council Direct Payment Support Service

Location: Aberaeron (Work to be undertaken at this location)

Hours of work: 6 hours per week Tuesday and Wednesday.

Rate of pay £14.00 per hour.

Introduction:

I am a lady who has dementia and looking for some help in my day to day activities. I enjoy going out to places like Garden Centres to look at and buy plants and to take them home to plant in the garden. I also like going out for coffee and cake.

At home I like company to chat with and play board games, and on occasion help with meal preparation. Reminding me to drink during the day would be helpful.

Main Duties:

To help me continue to get out and about and help with meal preparation.

Person Specification:

• Someone who can knows about my issues.
• A good sense of humour
• Flexibility around hours of work and main duties of the job
• Caring, honest, responsible and patient
• Reliable with good time keeping
• Able to use own initiative and be self-motivated
• Able to maintain confidentiality and be aware of privacy
• An ability to develop and maintain a supportive relationship
• Good communication and inter-personal skills

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of an individual employer. You will be employed by that individual and not Ceredigion County Council. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, which will incur no cost to the applicant. If you have an online update DBS you have a great chance of becoming shortlisted for this position as this can help the employer to recruit much quicker, if you wish to update your current DBS please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service. If requested by the employer, two satisfactory references must be provided. This post is subject to a trial period of 1 month and a probationary period of up to 6 months. Wages will be paid in arrears on a 4 weekly basis once a valid National Insurance (NI) number has been provided. You must be eligible to work in the UK and your employer will conduct document checks prior to commencement. You will receive the appropriate annual leave entitlement as well as all other statutory entitlements, details of which will be set out in your contract of employment. You will also be issued with a Personal Assistants Handbook when your employment commences. You will be expected to undertake any mandatory training identified as relevant to this post. The cost of mandatory training will be met through the direct payment. Failure to attend mandatory training may result in your employment offer being withdrawn. Please note the Direct Payments Support Service, Ceredigion County Council is advertising the following posts on behalf of an individual employer. You will be an employee of the Direct Payment Recipient and not of Ceredigion County Council.