Job Ref: 522 - Social Care Personal Assistant (for hours please check working pattern and days)

Swansea City Council; Swansea; Vor Ort; GBP 18.000 - 22.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Swansea area private Direct Payment Client seeks a Social Care Personal Assistant to support a boy with autism. Driving licence and car are essential. Weekend work and school-holiday weekdays negotiable. DBS check required; probationary six months; monthly salary with holiday pay. You will be employed by the Direct Payment Client.

Role focuses on safe transport to activities, in-home supervision, and personal care reminders, with privacy and confidentiality paramount.

Qualifikationen

• Experience of working with autistic children and children with additional learning needs.

Aufgaben

• Take the child to trampoline park, soft play, and local parks.
• Stay with the child at home and supervise play.
• Assist with personal care and reminders for toilet routines when outside.
• Apply safety measures and maintain privacy and confidentiality in the home.
• Follow agreed instructions and be flexible with hours, including weekends.

Kenntnisse

Autism awareness

Patience

Reliability

Driving Licence

Jobbeschreibung

Job Ref: 522 - Social Care Personal Assistant (for hours please check working pattern and days)

Please note this is not a Swansea city council job. You will be working with a private client who received direct payments.

A little about myself:

I am a young boy living in the Swansea area who has Autism and preverbal. I am looking for an enthusiastic bubbly person, who is physically fit to keep up with me. I am a very independent, loving, gentle and affectionate little boy. I am at my happiest when I am outdoors, I enjoy going to soft play, trampoline parks and car journeys. I am not very good at recognising dangers, so you will need to keep me safe, I also find it difficult to communicate my needs because I am currently pre-verbal, but I will take your hand and direct you towards what I want. Not being able to speak makes me a little bit upset and frustrated sometimes. Experience of working with autistic children and children with additional learning needs. Weekend work, weekdays negotiable during school holidays.

Driving Licence and car essential.

Tasks involved.

• Taking me to the trampoline park
• Taking me to soft play
• Taking me to the park
• Sit with me in the house and watch me whilst I play on my iPad/play in my garden
• I am doing very well with toileting, however, will need reminding when out and about and some assistance with personal care

Type of person required.

• A person who respects and understands the importance of privacy and confidentiality when working in someone else’s home
• Someone who is confident, mature and has patience
• A person who is dependable and arrives on time
• A person with a friendly, easy-going manner
• Someone who is adaptable and flexible is essential
• Someone who could provide extra hours on occasions
• Someone who will be able to support me but not take over
• Able to work independently and on their own initiative to previously agreed criteria
• Someone who is able to work to instruction
• Someone trustworthy, reliable and punctual
• Someone with a caring and responsible attitude
• Be willing to undertake any training identified as relating to the post e.g. Manual Handling Course, Basic First Aid

Concerning the position

You will be formally employed by the Direct Payment Client which requires a National Insurance number to be submitted. A trial period will be necessary in the first instance in the form of a six-month probationary period. Salary will be paid monthly with appropriate holiday pay calculated. A DBS will need to be processed prior to any commencement of employment. Costs are met by Swansea council.