Personal Assistant - PER875/HM

Pembrokeshire Direct Payments; Haverfordwest; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local support service in Haverfordwest is seeking a compassionate Personal Assistant to assist a young man with Cerebral Palsy. The role involves providing personal and emotional support, promoting independence, and helping access community activities. Flexibility is essential to meet the client’s needs, along with a full driving license for this position. This role offers 15 hours of work per week at an hourly rate of £12.60.

Benefits

5.6 weeks holiday per year

Sick pay at SSP rate

Training provided, if required

Qualifications

• Full, clean driving licence and use of a car is required.
• Must have business use on vehicle insurance for work hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide consistent one-to-one support to meet personal and emotional needs.
• Promote independence and support in developing living skills.
• Ensure safety at all times during working hours.
• Provide companionship and communicate with family and support network.

Skills

Good communication skills

Responsible and honest

Proactive and self-motivated

Good local knowledge

Good time-keeping and flexibility

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Personal Assistant

Job Reference: PER875/HM

Location: Haverfordwest

Hourly Rate: £12.60

Hours Offered: 15 hours per week

Work Pattern: Spread over 3/5 visits

Reporting to: The Direct Payments Recipient

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Person specification

• Responsible and honest
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Has good local knowledge
• Good time-keeping and flexibility around working patterns and duties
• Good communicator
• Able to develop a supportive and consistent relationship

Other Requirements

• A full, clean driving licence and use of a car is required.
• You must have business use on your vehicle insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours.

Benefits

• 5.6 weeks holiday per year (pro rata)
• Sick pay at SSP rate
• Training provided, if required

Disclaimer

Please note that this vacancy is not for employment with Pembrokeshire County Council. Pembrokeshire County Council has posted this advert on behalf of a Direct Payments client. The client will be the employer and holds all the employer’s responsibilities associated with this role. Pembrokeshire County Council cannot be held responsible for any actions arising out of the job role being advertised.

Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is of high importance, and is everybody’s business. If you have any concerns around the safeguarding of an individual, you should contact the Local Authority as soon as possible.

This appointment is subject to a DBS disclosure check, at no cost to the applicant. We would recommend that there is a DBS update service. Being on this service will enable you to speed up any future job applications for personal assistant roles. Please note that there is a charge of £16.00 per year applicable to this service.

We request that all applicants submit online applications. If you are unable to do this, please contact the Direct Payments Team as early as possible on 01437 775655.

Additionally, if you have any further needs or require any further support in the recruitment process please get in touch with the Direct Payments team on 01437 775655 or by emailing [e-mail].