PERSONAL ASSISTANT PER 64322 NS/NR

Direct Payment Employer; Burry Port; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Direct Payment Employer in Wales seeks a compassionate care assistant to support the employer at home. You will encourage independence, provide companionship, and help with daily tasks that are now harder, while enabling him to continue participating in activities he enjoys.

Duties include accompanying him to appointments, helping with shopping, meal planning, and record-keeping. A full driving licence and use of a car are likely required, depending on location.

Qualifications

• Caring, patient, and friendly demeanor.
• Reliable, honest, and flexible.
• Proactive with ability to work on own initiative.
• Good local knowledge of the area.
• Punctual and adaptable to shifts.
• Ability to keep simple time records.
• Strong communication skills.
• Capacity to build long-term supportive relationships.
• Full driving licence and access to a car likely required.
• Willing to have business use on personal vehicle insurance.
• Prepared to undertake training to meet needs.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Providing companionship in the employer's home and social interaction.
• Encouraging the employer to attend appointments.
• Ensuring the employer's safety at all times during working hours.
• Carrying out any other reasonable tasks as requested during working hours.
• Ensure compliance with Data Protection Act.
• Be mindful of safeguarding issues and report concerns to the relevant authority.
• Be responsible for contacting GP, Social Worker or Local Authority for medical assistance.

Skills

Caring

Patience

Reliability

Communication

Driving licence

Job description

The Individual \"assistance, not provision\". Support workers to work alongside him, helping him manage tasks that are now physically or cognitively more difficult, whilst allowing him to continue contributing as much as he can.

Carers to assist him with practical organisation around the home, such as keeping important items in agreed places, following household routines, helping with paperwork systems that have been put in place, and supporting him to manage day-to-day tasks without becoming overloaded.

The Individual requires support with household tasks, for someone to prompt, assist, and physically support him so that he can still participate.

The individual requires support with meal planning, shopping, food preparation, and batch cooking.

The Individual requires support to continue accessing and maintaining the parts of home life that matter to him emotionally, especially gardening and use of the greenhouse, Gardening is an important hobby to the Individual and source of comfort and he should be supported to engage in this interest.

The Individual will require full supervision by carers to alleviate any anxieties.

The Individual needs clearly include encouragement, companionship during activities, and support to re-engage with interests and possibly community activities over time.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• 1. Supporting the employer with encouragement in gaining independence
• 2. Enabling the employer to interact socially in their community
• 3. Providing support to the employer whilst shopping and attending activities of interest
• 4. Supporting the employer to develop independent living skills
• 5. To provide companionship in the employer's home, including engaging in conversation with the employer and providing them with social interaction
• 6. Encouraging the employer to attend appointments
• 7. Ensuring the employer's safety at all times during your working hours
• 8. To carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer during your working hours
• 9. To ensure compliance with Data Protection Act.
• 10. Be mindful of safeguarding issues, and feedback any concerns to Carmarthenshire County Council immediately on (01267 228751)
• 11. Be responsible for contacting the GP, Social Worker or Local Authority should the employer need medical assistance

Relationships: Communication / Nature of Contacts:

• 1. Ability to develop supportive and caring relationship with employer.
• 2. To undertake all duties in a friendly and helpful manner.
• 3. 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:

• 1. Caring, patient and friendly.
• 2. Responsible, reliable and honest.
• 3. Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative.
• 4. Has good local knowledge of the area where the employer lives.
• 5. Good time-keeping and flexibility around working patterns and duties as determined by the employer's requirements.
• 6. Ability to keep simple records such as time recording.
• 7. Good communicator able to talk to people on behalf of the employer when required.
• 8. Able to develop long-term supportive and consistent relationships with employers.
• 9. 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.
• 10. You must be prepared to have business use on your vehicle insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours.
• 11. 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.