Relief Personal Assistant/TN/PER1115

Direct Payment Employer; Wales; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A lady in Gorslas, Carmarthenshire, requires a Relief Personal Assistant to cover annual leave, SSP and respite hours. The role involves personal care, meals, drinks, and helping her access the community and maintain hobbies.

You will provide companionship, encourage independence, support appointment attendance, and ensure safety during shifts. A DBS check is required on offer; the rate is competitive and dependent on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience providing personal care, meals, and drinks.
• Ability to help access community activities and hobbies.
• Commitment to Data Protection Act compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care, meals and drinks.
• Help employer access community and hobbies.
• Provide companionship and social interaction.
• Encourage independence and develop living skills.
• Attend appointments with employer.
• Ensure safety during working hours.
• Carry out any reasonable tasks during working hours.

Skills

Compassionate

Communication

Patience

Reliability

Job description

A lady from Gorslas requires a Relief Personal Assistant to cover any annual leave or SSP and respite hours when arranged. To assist with personal care, dressing, meals and drinks and to access her community and maintain any hobbies and interests.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• Support with personal care, meals & drinks when covering for main PA.
• Support the employer to access her community and maintain her hobbies of visiting cinemas, swimming, bowling, arts and crafts and shopping.
• Supporting the employer with encouragement in gaining independence
• Supporting the employer to develop independent living skills
• To provide companionship in the employer’s home, including engaging in conversation with them and providing them with social interaction
• Encouraging the employer to attend appointments
• Ensuring the employer’s safety at all times during your working hours
• To carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer during your working hours
• To ensure compliance with Data Protection Act.

Relationships: Communication / Nature of Contacts:

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

Working in employer’s homes and supporting them to access facilities and community activities.

A Disclosure Barring Service Check (DBS) / criminal record check will require to be undertaken for this post. This will be completed on acceptance of 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.”

To be discussed at the Interview / Next stage – Competitive rate (dependent on experience)