Social Care Personal Assistant (8 hours per week-13 weeks)

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

Job summary

A private client in Swansea seeks a Personal Assistant to provide support for a teenage boy with ASD and learning difficulties. The role involves driving to various locations, ensuring safety, and offering emotional support. Candidates should possess fast reflexes and patience, and have business insurance for use of their vehicle. A six-month probationary period applies, and a DBS check is required.

Qualifications

• Must be fast and aware of surroundings for safety.
• Able to provide emotional support and calmness.
• Must respect privacy and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Drive the client to various fun locations.
• Monitor safety to prevent ingestion of non-food items.
• Support the client emotionally and in community engagements.

Skills

Safety awareness

Fast reflexes

Calm demeanor

Friendliness

Patience

Driving skills

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 teenage boy with ASD and learning difficulties who loves music, riding in the car, running in the fresh air and gardening. I have Pica so will compulsively put things in my mouth that don’t belong there. I am very sensory and love to put my hands in the soil when gardening with my mum and dad. I like the feel of certain fabrics or silky hair and will grab anything that takes my fancy and hold on with quite a strong grip.
I will need a PA who drives to take me to fun places for me to play and let off steam. I love to ride in the car and will shout at huge lorries through the window if they pass us.

Driver required to take me out.

Male preferred.

Hours of work
8 hours x 13 weeks plus 15 miles

Rate of pay.
£12.75

Essential:
I need you to:
• Be very fast, I can dart across a room or across a road in the blink of an eye.
• Make sure I am safe. I have no awareness of danger so you will need to be fast.
• I have Pica so you will need to watch that I don’t put things in my mouth that don’t belong there.

Desirable
I’d prefer if:

• You like music, especially Fleetwood Mac.


I’d like support with

• Building emotional resilience in a setting separate to my family.
• Calming down if I become overwhelmed.
• Providing essential opportunities for me to have opportunities to take part in activities I enjoy over the holiday periods.
• Provide some respite for mum.
• Support Mum to go out into the community with me when mum is
caring for me on her own

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.