Job Ref: 774 - Social Care Personal Assistant (for hours please check working pattern and days)

Swansea City Council; Swansea; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Swansea City Council is advertising a Social Care Personal Assistant role to support a private client in Swansea through direct payments. The PA will accompany the client to social activities around the city, ensuring safety and privacy, with a six-month probationary period and monthly pay.

A DBS check is required and DBS fees may be funded by the council where eligible. The position requires reliability, patience and good communication while helping the client access cinema, bowling, meals and

Qualifications

• Must be willing to accompany client to activities in the local area.
• Reliable, patient and punctual.
• Able to support safety and privacy in community outings.

Responsibilities

• Accompany client to activities and outings in the community.
• Provide safe, respectful companionship and support.
• Be flexible with hours and adapt to changing plans.

Skills

Reliability or punctuality

Patience

Safe driving

Clear communication

Job description

Job Ref: 774 - 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 man living in Swansea. I have a learning disability. I enjoy going out and doing the things I enjoy. I also enjoy watching Netflix on my laptop or playing games on my phone. I am looking for a PA to accompany me to go out. I have tunnel vision, so I am at risk of falls. I can often walk into things, and I have no spacial awareness. I will need my PA to also keep me safe as I have no awareness of roads and traffic. I would like to go to various places with my PA including bowling, cinema, the arcade, and go out for a meal.

Driver required to take me out.

Hours of work

6 hours a week split into two days

Rate of pay.

I need you to:

Accompany me to my chosen activity

You enjoy watching a movie

I’d like support with

Going out in the community

I will need my PA to:

Respect and understand the importance of privacy and confidentiality.

Be confident, mature and have patience.

Be dependable and arrive on time.

Be friendly with an easy-going manner.

Be adaptable and flexible.

Be supportive but not take over.

Have business insurance on your car to take clients out.

Concerning the position

A trial period will be necessary in the first instance in the form of a six-month probationary period. Salary will be paid monthly (Annual leave is calculated on a pro rata basis). A DBS MUST be processed prior to any commencement of employment. Costs of DBS will be met by Swansea council where applicant is eligible.

I will need my PA to:Respect and understand the importance of privacy and confidentiality.Be confident, mature and have patience.Be dependable and arrive on time.Be friendly with an easy-going manner.Be adaptable and flexible.Be supportive but not take over.Have business insurance on your car to take clients out.