Personal Assistant x 4 - PER5513/SR

Pembrokeshire Direct Payments; Haverfordwest; Sur place; GBP 14 000 - 18 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Pembrokeshire Direct Payments is seeking a dedicated Personal Assistant to support a client at night in Pembrokeshire. You will assist with hoisting into bed, positioning, and turning, with potential seizures and incontinence care. The role requires flexibility to meet care needs, build trust, and maintain safety during shifts.

Experience in night-time care and safeguarding awareness is desirable. Training and support are provided through the Direct Payments scheme to enable independent,

Responsabilités

• Develop a reliable and trusting relationship with the person.
• Provide companionship in and outside of their home.
• Support the person to access activities of importance.
• Communicate with the person’s family and wider support network.
• Provide companionship in the employer’s home, including engaging in conversation with the employer and providing them with social interaction.
• Ensure the employer’s safety at all times during your working hours.
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer 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 the employer need medical assistance.

Description du poste

(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’s family in Pembrokeshire are looking to employ 4 Personal assistant for between 27-45 hours a week. The support that the client requires throughout the night includes hoisting into bed, positioning appropriately, turning throughout the night (depending on the night this can be done between approximately 4 to 15 times per night, i.e. if they spend a lot of time in his wheelchair throughout the day, or travels long journeys for appointments, they will become 'sore' due to the effort it takes them to hold themselves up and this results in needing repositioning more frequently in the night)

They are also diagnosed with Epilepsy and may have seizures in the night. The seizures are unpredictable in frequency and severity, worst case scenario, the seizures affect their breathing and immediate action is required.

The client is doubly incontinent and therefore requires changing through the night. The client’s sleep patterns are irregular and sometimes they can be awake the majority of the night, therefore requiring more support

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 are to:

• Develop a reliable and trusting relationship with the person.
• To provide companionship in and outside of there home
• Support the person to access activities of importance.
• Communicate with the person’s family and wider support network.
• Provide companionship in the employer’s home, including engaging in conversation with the employer and providing them with social interaction.
• Ensuring the employer’s safety at all times during your working hours.
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer 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 the employer need medical assistance.

To be discussed at the Interview / Next stage depending on experience.

To be discussed at the Interview / Next stage depending on experience.