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Disability North; Cleadon; On-site; GBP 7,500 - 9,000; Part time

Job summary

Ceredigion County Council Direct Payment Support Service is seeking a part-time PA to support a 30-year-old wheelchair user with outings, daily tasks, and home management. The role is 12 hours per week with flexible scheduling to be agreed at interview, and involves assisting with cooking, cleaning, dressing and bathing, plus supporting mental health and wellbeing.

A driver is essential, and candidates must have permission to work in the UK. Preference for a female PA, but all genders welcome.

Qualifications

• Must have empathy and understanding due to complexity of health conditions.
• A driver is essential for the role.
• Flexibility to work 12 hours weekly.
• Female PA preferable but open to either gender.

Responsibilities

• Provide support with outings and daily tasks (cooking, cleaning, dressing, bathing).
• Organise the home and help with shopping and dog care.
• Encourage and motivate the client to maintain mental health and wellbeing.
• Respond with empathy to fluctuating health and adjust plans on short notice.

Skills

Empathy

Driver

Job description

Hours: 12 hours a week to be used flexibly (to be agreed at interview)

Rate of pay: Age related national minimum wage up to £13.43 per hour

We have a 30-year-old lady who is a wheelchair user who lives with her partner and their little dog, who suffers from anxiety, PTSD and depression. She also suffers from a condition that causes abdominal pain.

Due to mental health, this lady rarely gets out of the house and would like support with small outings, such as going for a coffee, shopping and walking the dog.

She would also like assistance with everyday tasks, such as cooking, cleaning, dressing and bathing, and organising the home.

Her condition varies from day to day, having some good days and some bad days, so the PA would need to have a level of empathy and understanding due to the complexity of her health conditions. This lady's physical health can be unpredictable, a flare-up in her condition can mean plans would have to be changed at short notice.

The PA would be responsible for encouraging and motivating this lady in order to maintain her mental health and wellbeing. She enjoys gaming, baking, crafting, is a dog lover and a Mrs Hinch fan, so enjoys cleaning on her good days.

A female PA is preferable, but this lady is open to either a male or female PA.

A driver is essential for this role.

This vacancy will close as soon as a suitable candidate is appointed.

At the time of starting their employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the U.K.

Ceredigion County Council Direct Payment Support Service

Ceredigion County Council Direct Payment Support Service

Ceredigion County Council Direct Payment Support Service