Social Care Personal Assistant (10 hours per week - school holidays)

Direct Payments Team; Swansea; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A private client in Swansea seeks a male support worker to assist a vibrant 9-year-old boy. The role includes driving, helping with self-care, and ensuring safety in community environments. Flexibility in hours is required, with pay at £13.13 per hour. A DBS check is mandatory, and prior experience with children with ALN is desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with autism is desirable.
• Confident, mature, and patient demeanor is essential.
• Hold business insurance on your car.

Responsibilities

• Drive the child to various locations, ensuring safety.
• Support with food, toileting, and self-care activities.
• Explain activities in an understandable manner.

Skills

Patience

Understanding of children with ALN

Communication support

Adaptability

Dependability

Job description

Please note this is not a Swansea city council job. You will be working with a private client who received direct payments.

A little about myself: I am a 9-year-old vibrant boy who enjoys going for walks and to the beach. I enjoy going to school and really enjoy my food, especially crisps, biscuits and crackers.

Driver required to take me out. Male, 10 hours a week during school holidays with flexible hours and days. Rate of pay: £13.13.

Essential requirements:

• Be patient with me and have a good understanding of children with ALN
• Help me with my food and toileting
• Support me with my communication
• Ensure that I am safe out in the community, I need support in recognising dangers
• Take the time to explain to me what is happening and talk me through things
• To be on time and be happy to take instruction and support to make sure I am well cared for

Desirable qualities:

• You were male
• You have previous experience working with children with autism

I’d like support with:

• Washing and dressing
• Self-care including toileting

I will need my PA to: Respect and understand the importance of privacy and confidentiality, be confident, mature and have patience, be dependable and arrive on time, be friendly with an easy-going manner, be adaptable and flexible, be supportive but not take over, have business insurance on your car to take clients out.

Concerning the position: A trial period will be necessary in the first instance in the form of a six-month probationary period. Salary will be paid monthly (Annual leave is calculated on a pro rata basis). A DBS MUST be processed prior to any commencement of employment. Costs of DBS will be met by Swansea council where applicant is eligible.