PERSONAL ASSISTANT PER23821 SJW/NS

Direct Payment Employer; Carmarthen; On-site; GBP 3,500 - 5,200; Part time

Job summary

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.

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.
• 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.

Skills

Caring

Patient

Friendly

Responsible

Reliable

Proactive

Local knowledge

Time-keeping

Record-keeping

Good communicator

Driving licence

Job description

Job Title: Personal Assistant for Social Care Direct Payment Recipient

Reporting to: EMPLOYER

NANTGAREDIG/CARMARTHEN AREA **CLIENT TO BE LOOKED AFTER in PERSONAL ASSISTANTS HOME.**

16 nights a year respite support with 9 hours per respite night wrap around support. 3p.m-10p.m. 7a.m-9a.m. UP to £110.80 per night shift and £14.00per hour wrap around hours.

A 33 year old male, who has a diagnosis of mild Learning disability. He is a very physically able individual who enjoys being active and social. He wants respite support to be independent of family members and have opportunities to socialise with others but also build on daily living skills, in the event he moves out of the family home. He requires very little physical support but needs support in a social setting to understand others communication. He requires prompting and supervision to manage daily living skills. The individual has a job and thus if respite is required on a weekday, expectation would be to pick up/drop off at his place of work (Carmarthen). The individual requires prompting to ensure he takes medication as prescribed during an day. CLIENT TO BE LOOKED AFTER in PERSONAL ASSISTANTS HOME.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• 2. Supporting the employer with encouragement in gaining independence
• 3. Enabling the employer to interact socially in their community
• 4. Providing support to the employer whilst shopping and attending activities of interest
• 5. Supporting the employer to develop independent living skills
• 8. Ensuring the employer’s safety at all times during your working hours
• 9. To carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer during your working hours
• 10. To ensure compliance with Data Protection Act.
• 11. Be mindful of safeguarding issues, and feedback any concerns to Carmarthenshire County Council immediately on (01267 228751)
• 12. 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.

Working in your home 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.

Location:

Hours: 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.

CL Lifestyles Night Care and Support Somerset