Social Care Personal Assistant (Evenings and/or weekends)

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

Job summary

A community support organization in Swansea is seeking a personal assistant to help a teenage boy with special needs build independence and social skills. The ideal candidate will have experience working with children with complex needs, be adaptable, patient, and possess a friendly demeanor. The job includes evening and weekend hours at a pay rate of £12.75 per hour.

Qualifications

• Respect and understand the importance of privacy and confidentiality.
• Be confident, mature, and have patience.
• Be dependable, arrive on time, and have a friendly manner.
• Be open-minded and manage awkward social interactions positively.
• Have business insurance on your car to take clients out.

Responsibilities

• Take the client out in the community to build independence and social skills.
• Engage in activities like going to the gym and charity shops.

Skills

Experience working with children with complex needs

Knowledge of psychosis

Adaptability

Patience

Job description

Overview

I am a teenage boy who has global development delay, psychosis which is managed with medication and a chromosomal deletion which brings a variety of special needs. I enjoy history and ancestry and enjoy asking questions on anything, sometimes they can be personal. I am a funny boy who enjoys singing. I love going to charity shops and love eating, which needs to monitored. I have dyspraxia and hypermobility and walking can sometimes be hard for me. Sometimes I need support with social norms, like asking appropriate questions. I need help looking out for danger, and need support building up my independence skills.

Driver required to take me out.

Male / female preferred.

Hours of work: Evenings and/or weekends.

Rate of pay: £12.75

Essential responsibilities

• Take me out in the community to build my independence and social skills.
• Taking me out to do activities that I enjoy like going to the gym, going to charity shops.

Desirable qualifications

• You have experience working with children with complex needs.
• You had some knowledge of psychosis.

Support with medication

I’d like support with taking my medication when needed (training and support provided).

Personal qualifications for 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 open minded and doesn’t take offense easily and can manage awkward social interactions positively.
• 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.