Personal Assistant - PER875/HM

Pembrokeshire Direct Payments; Haverfordwest; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Pembrokeshire Direct Payments seeks a Personal Assistant to support a young man with Cerebral Palsy in Pembrokeshire. The role focuses on friendly, flexible, one-to-one care to help him access community activities and meet his care needs.

The successful candidate will learn his routines, encourage independent living, and help him enjoy gigs, cinema, gym, shopping and other day-to-day activities while ensuring safety and safeguarding at all times.

Responsibilities

• Provide consistent one-to-one support and adapt to meet personal and emotional needs.
• Learn the young man’s routines and follow his wishes exactly.
• Promote independence and support development of independent living skills.
• Support access to activities and social opportunities such as gigs, cinema, gym, shopping and daily activities.
• Encourage participation in new, fun activities to build confidence and satisfaction.
• Develop a reliable, trusting relationship with the client.
• Support access to activities of importance and suitable community groups.
• Engage in outings with physical activities and outdoor experiences.
• Communicate with family and wider support network.
• Provide companionship at home and ensure safety during working hours.
• Carry out reasonable tasks as requested and report safeguarding concerns to the relevant authority.
• Be responsible for contacting GP, Social Worker or Local Authority if medical assistance is needed.

Job description

(The Direct Payments Recipient is the employer and they hold all the employer’s responsibilities associated with this role. Pembrokeshire County Council supports them to fulfil their employer obligations).

Introduction:

A Direct Payments recipient in Pembrokeshire is looking to employ a Personal Assistant to support them with their care needs. A young man who has Cerebral Palsy requires a caring personal assistant to help him access community activities.

This post is funded through the Direct Payments scheme which aims to enable the client to manage their support and meet their care needs independently.

The successful applicant should be friendly and supportive and be able to work flexibly to meet the care needs of the client.

The main duties to be included within this role:

• Each day is different with this young man therefore you will be required to give consistent one-to-one support and adapt to meet all of his personal and emotional needs
• To learn this young man’s routines and ensure that his wishes are followed exactly.
• To promote this young man’s independence and support him to build on independent living skills.
• To support this young man to enjoy life and access activities and explore social opportunities he enjoys. This could include attending gigs (when all the Covid restrictions are lifted), going to the cinema and gym, shopping and general day to day activities.
• To support and encourage this young man to participate and try new, fun and interesting activities to improve his confidence, abilities and satisfaction.
• Develop a reliable and trusting relationship with this young man.
• To support him to access activities of importance.
• Access suitable community groups.
• Develop one-on-one interactions with him whilst undertaking outings out of doors and activities which include physical activities.
• Communicate with the person’s family and wider support network.
• Provide companionship in the employer’s home, including engaging in conversation with him and providing him with social interaction.
• Ensuring his safety at all times during your working hours.
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the young man during your working hours.
• Be mindful of safeguarding issues, and feedback any concerns to the relevant authority.
• Be responsible for contacting the GP, Social Worker or Local Authority should he need medical assistance.