Social Care Personal Assistant (6 hours per week)

Direct Payments Team; Gorseinon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A private client in Gorseinon seeks a Personal Assistant (PA) to provide support in community activities such as going to the cinema and bowling. The ideal candidate should be confident, dependable, and adaptable, with a preference for someone of a similar age. A driver's license and business insurance are mandatory. The role requires working 6 hours per week with a pay rate of £13.13.

Qualifications

• Must be able to respect privacy and confidentiality.
• Driver required with business insurance.
• Must have a friendly and easy-going manner.

Responsibilities

• Accompany the client to social activities like cinema and bowling.
• Support the client in community outings.
• Be dependable and arrive on time.

Skills

Confidence

Maturity

Patience

Dependability

Friendliness

Adaptability

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 young adult living in Gorseionon with my family. I have a learning disability and would like someone to enable me to access the community safety. I am a keen Swansea city fan and go to most home games with my season ticket. I like playing on the Xbox, watching tv, going to the cinema, playing football, swimming, playing pool and going to the pub I would like a male PA who is around the same age as me.

Driver required to take me out.

Male / female preferred.

Hours of work
6 hours per week
Tuesday pm
Wednesday 5-7

Rate of pay.
£13.13

Essential:
I need you to:
• Be happy to accompany me in the community

Desirable
I’d prefer if:
• You were of a similar age

I’d like support with
• Accompany me to the cinema.
• Accompany me to go bowling.
• Accompany me to social bean on a Wednesday.
• Accompany me to the pub.

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.