Social Care Personal Assistant (4 hours term time & 8 hours school holidays)

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

Job summary

A private client in Swansea is seeking a Personal Assistant to support a young girl with ASD. The role requires driving to safe locations for social activities. Candidates must be patient, kind, and engaging. A DBS check is required, with costs covered for eligible applicants. The position offers flexible hours: 4 hours per week during term time and 8 hours during school holidays.

Qualifications

• Experience with children with ASD is preferred.
• Must be able to assist with personal hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Drive to safe locations for social development.
• Build a rapport before community outings.
• Support emotional resilience and manage overwhelm.

Skills

Patience

Kindness

Ability to engage with children

Job description

Overview

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

About the client

A little about myself: I am a very happy and energetic young girl with ASD and GDD living in the Pontarddulais area. I don’t speak yet and use a device, gestures and expressions to communicate. I love the outdoors and like trampolining, going to the park, the beach, soft play, gymnastics and swimming. I also absolutely love Peppa pig and bubbles.

Role requirements

You will need to keep an eye on me because I don’t have any awareness of danger and will not know about road safety or holding on to things such as safety bars. I love food, like McDonald’s, pizza and especially ice-cream/lollies.

Responsibilities

I will need a PA who drives to take me to outside safe spaces and fun places for me to develop my social independence. I am shy with new people and so you will need to get to know me at home before we go out into the community to have fun. I am happy to travel in the car with you, but I will need a booster seat.

Driver required to take me out.

Hours of work

• 4 hours per week term time and 10 miles.
• 8 hours per week school holidays and 20 miles.
• Looking for 2 PAs to share the hours ideally.

Rate of pay

£13.13 per hour

Essential

• You must be patient and kind and happy and like to laugh and be able to keep up with me as I like am very active.
• You must be able to help me to keep clean after I have used the toilet, but I am fully toilet trained.

Desirable

I’d prefer if:

• You had experience of children with ASD, as this helps you to understand my behaviours and sensory needs.

Support needs

• Building emotional resilience in a setting separate to my family.
• Calming down if I become overwhelmed.

Expectations of the PA

• 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.