Emergency/Temporary Personal Assistant/TN/PER6125

Direct Payment Employer; Llanelli; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local support employer in Llanelli is seeking an Emergency/Temporary Personal Assistant to provide personal care and assistance for an elderly lady. The role requires working 12.5 hours per week across multiple days, ensuring the employer's safety, and supporting day-to-day life activities. Ideal candidates will be caring, reliable, and possess a valid driving license. Training will be provided, and a DBS check will be required.

Qualifications

• Caring, patient and friendly disposition is essential.
• Must be responsible, reliable, and honest.
• Ability to work proactively and on one's own initiative.
• Good local area knowledge is preferred.
• Flexibility around working patterns as per employer's needs.
• Ability to keep simple records, like time logs.
• Capable of developing supportive relationships with employers.
• A full, clean driving licence and access to a vehicle may be required.
• Prepared to undergo necessary training to meet employer needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide all personal care needs such as applying creams.
• Prepare meals and assist with domestic chores.
• Encourage independence for the employer.
• Support social interactions and community engagements.
• Assist the employer during shopping and activities.
• Ensure safety of the employer at all times.
• Report any safeguarding issues to the local authority.

Skills

Caring

Patient

Friendly

Responsible

Reliable

Proactive

Good communication

Good time-keeping

Local knowledge

Job description

Hours: 12.5 hours per week

An elderly lady in Pontyages needs an Emergency/Temporary Personal Assistant to support whilst an Agency is found. The support needed is to work across 4 days (Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun) daytime and early evening shifts and for all forms of personal care, ensuring she has eaten and taken tablets. Also any other general duties to assist her with day to day life.

Responsibilities

• Providing all personal care needs of the employer, such as showing and applying creams
• Preparing meals and domestic chores to help the employer with day to day life
• Supporting the employer with encouragement in gaining independence
• Enabling the employer to interact socially in their community
• Providing support to the employer whilst shopping and attending activities of interest
• Supporting the employer to develop independent living skills
• To provide companionship in the employer’s home, including engaging in conversation with the employer and providing them with social interaction
• Encouraging the employer to attend appointments
• Ensuring the employer’s safety at all times during your working hours
• To carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer during your working hours
• To ensure compliance with Data Protection Act
• Be mindful of safeguarding issues, and feedback any concerns to Carmarthenshire County Council immediately on (01267 228751)
• Be responsible for contacting the GP, Social Worker or Local Authority should the employer need medical assistance

Relationships: Communication / Nature of Contacts

• Ability to develop supportive and caring relationship with employer
• To undertake all duties in a friendly and helpful manner
• Able to contact people on behalf of the employer when necessary

Job Working Environment

Working in employer’s homes and supporting them to access facilities and community activities.

Person specification – Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience & Skills

• Caring, patient and friendly
• Responsible, reliable and honest
• Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative
• Has good local knowledge of the area where the employer lives
• Good time-keeping and flexibility around working patterns and duties as determined by the employer’s requirements
• Ability to keep simple records such as time recording
• Good communicator able to talk to people on behalf of the employer when required
• Able to develop long-term supportive and consistent relationships with employers
• A full, clean driving licence and use of a car is likely to be required. This is determined by the needs of the employer and whether you live within walking distance
• You must be prepared to have business use on your vehicle insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours
• Be prepared to undergo training in order to best meet the employers need

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS)

A Disclosure Barring Service Check (DBS) / criminal record check will require to be undertaken for this post. This will be completed on acceptance of job offer.

“This position was posted by the Direct Payments Support service on behalf of the Direct Payment Recipient. The Direct Payment Recipient is the employer. They hold all the employer’s responsibilities associated with this role. Carmarthenshire County Council supports them to fulfil their employer obligations.”