Personal Assistant for Social Care & Community Support

Direct Payment Employer; Carmarthen; Sur place; GBP 3 500 - 5 200; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

CL Lifestyles Night Care and Support Somerset is seeking a Personal Assistant to support a Direct Payment Recipient in their own home in the Nantgaredig/Carmarthen area. The role involves 16 night shifts per year with 9 hours wrap-around support per night, with up to 110.80 per night shift and 14.00 per hour wrap around hours.

The successful candidate will assist the employer with independence, social interaction, daily living skills, safety, and accessing community activities.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsabilités

• 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.
• 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.

Connaissances

Caring

Patient

Friendly

Responsible

Reliable

Proactive

Local knowledge

Time-keeping

Record-keeping

Good communicator

Driving licence

Description du poste

CL Lifestyles Night Care and Support Somerset is seeking a Personal Assistant to support a Direct Payment Recipient in their own home in the Nantgaredig/Carmarthen area. The role involves 16 night shifts per year with 9 hours wrap-around support per night, with up to 110.80 per night shift and 14.00 per hour wrap around hours.

The successful candidate will assist the employer with independence, social interaction, daily living skills, safety, and accessing community activities.