Social Care Personal Assistant (Flexible hours)

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

Job summary

A private care provider in Swansea is seeking a Personal Assistant to support an individual with severe learning disabilities. Key responsibilities include assisting with personal care, meal preparation, and domestic tasks. The candidate should be female, confident, and have previous experience in similar roles. Flexible working hours are available, and a DBS check is required.

Qualifications

• Be female, due to the need for personal care.
• Previous experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care tasks such as washing and dressing.
• Help prepare and cook basic meals.
• Support with daily domestic activities to maintain a safe environment.

Skills

Female preference

Previous experience

Confidence and maturity

Patience

Dependability

Flexibility

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.

A little about myself: I am a middle-aged lady living at home with my brother in Cockett. I have a severe learning disability. This means that I require a lot of support with all my individual needs. I like to do things on my own terms and can often occupy myself with the activities that are of interest to me. I also enjoy watching what people are doing around me or outside my house, and sometimes have great fun engaging with people in a manner to which I am accustomed.

Driver preferred due to location. Female preferred.

Hours and rate

Hours of work: Flexible hours to be discussed. You will be working with another PA - 2 staff to 1 client.

Rate of pay: £13.13

Essential

• Be female, due to the need for personal care.

Desirable

• You have previous experience.

I’d like support with

• Keeping me safe within my environment;
• Watching for potential dangers;
• Preparing and cooking basic meals;
• Assisting me to eat and drink according to guidelines;
• Helping me with personal care tasks such as washing, changing, and dressing;
• Possibly accompanying me in the community with my brother e.g. to access my day-care service or go for a blood-test;
• Simple everyday domestic activities that result from the care I receive, and maintain a safe and clean environment e.g. putting dirty items in the washing machine, washing and drying dishes, etc.

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.