Personal Assistant/TN/PER34921

Carmarthenshire County Council; Llandovery; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local authority seeks a Personal Assistant to support a 7-year-old boy with autism for 8 hours a week. Responsibilities include fostering independence, providing companionship, and ensuring safety in various activities. The successful candidate must be caring, patient, and have a full driving licence. Training will be provided, and a DBS check will be required.

Qualifications

• Caring and friendly, with ability to support a young boy with autism.
• Responsible and reliable, able to develop supportive relationships.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with good timekeeping skills.
• Must hold a full, clean driving licence and have business use insurance.

Responsibilities

• Support the employer with gaining independence.
• Enable employer to interact socially in the community.
• Provide companionship and engage in conversation.
• Ensure the employer's safety at all times during work hours.
• Report safeguarding issues to Carmarthenshire County Council immediately.

Skills

Caring

Patient

Responsible

Good communicator

Proactive

Good local knowledge

Timekeeping

Flexibility

Job description

Little boy aged 7 from Llandovery requires a mentor/Personal Assistant for socialisation only for 8 hours per week.

This lively little boy has a diagnosis of Autism with PDA profile, ADHD, and Dystonia. He also has a learning impairment but is in mainstream school. He is very vulnerable and will require constant supervision, specifically around roads, moving vehicles, water, and hazards.

He loves being out and about at play parks, the beach, and generally outdoors. He also enjoys playing his Playstation.

The successful PA will be expected to be a mentor to this little boy, supporting him with learning living skills, confidence, social skills and independence.

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, including engaging in conversation with the employer and providing them with social interaction.
• Encouraging the employer to attend appointments.
• Ensuring the employer's safety at all times during your working hours.
• Carrying out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer during your working hours.
• Ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act.
• Being mindful of safeguarding issues and reporting any concerns to Carmarthenshire County Council immediately at (01267 228751).
• Being responsible for contacting the GP, Social Worker or Local Authority should the employer need medical assistance.

Relationships & Communication

• Ability to develop a supportive and caring relationship with the employer.
• To undertake all duties in a friendly and helpful manner.
• Able to contact people on behalf of the employer when necessary.

Working Environment

Working in the employer's home and supporting them to access facilities and community activities.

Required Attributes and Skills

• Caring, patient and friendly.
• Responsible, reliable, and honest.
• Proactive and self‑motivated with the ability to work on your own initiative.
• Good local knowledge of the area where the employer lives.
• Good timekeeping 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. Use of a car is likely to be required, depending on the needs of the employer and whether you live within walking distance.
• Must have business use on your vehicle insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours.
• Prepared to undergo training to best meet the employer's needs.

Disclosure

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check / criminal record check will be required for this post and completed upon acceptance of the job offer.

This position was posted by the Direct Payments Support Service on behalf of 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.