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Job Title: Personal Assistant
Job Reference: PER54281/MCG
Location: Pembroke Dock
Hourly Rate: £12.60 per hour
Hours Offered: 6 hours and 40 miles per week (Term-Time)
18 hrs and 60 miles per week (School Holidays)
Work Pattern: To be agreed at interview
Reporting to: The Direct Payments Recipient (The Direct Payments Recipient is the employer and they hold all the employer’s responsibilities associated with this role. Pembrokeshire County Council supports them to fulfil their employer obligations).

A family in Pembrokeshire is looking to employ a personal assistant to support them with their sons care needs. This young person has been diagnosed with severe Epilepsy; as such, the personal assistant would need to have experience in this area or prepared to undergo training. This young person has limited mobility and therefore has use of a wheelchair. This young person enjoys swimming and day trips to Folly Farm, library visits and anything outdoors. As this young man is non-verbal, an understanding of Autism is a requirement and the ability to sign would be advantageous, but not essential.

• Develop a reliable and trusting relationship with the person.
• Ensure a structured set of activities are maintained.
• Support the person to access activities of importance.
• Access suitable community groups.
• Develop one on one interactions with the person whilst undertaking outings out of doors and activities, which will include physical activities
• Communicate with the person’s family and wider support network.
• Support the employer to develop independent living skills.
• Provide companionship in the employer’s home, including engaging in conversation with the employer and providing them with social interaction
• Ensuring the employer’s safety at all times during your working hours.
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer during your working hours.
• Be mindful of safeguarding issues, and feedback any concerns to the relevant authority.
• Be responsible for contacting the GP, Social Worker or Local Authority should the employer need medical assistance.

• Responsible and honest
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Good time-keeping and flexibility around working patterns and duties
• Good communicator
• Able to develop a supportive and consistent relationship
• The applicant must have experience with working with children.

• A full, clean driving licence and use of a car is required.
• You must have business use on your vehicle insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours.

• 5.6 weeks holiday per year (pro rata)
• Sick pay at SSP rate
• Training provided, if required.

Please note that this vacancy is not for employment with Pembrokeshire County Council. Pembrokeshire County Council has posted this advert on behalf of a Direct Payments client. The client will be the employer and holds all the employer’s responsibilities associated with this role. Pembrokeshire County Council cannot be held responsible for any actions arising out of the job role being advertised.

Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is of high importance, and is everybody’s business. If you have any concerns around the safeguarding of an individual, you should contact the Local Authority as soon as possible.

This appointment is subject to a DBS disclosure check, at no cost to the applicant. We would recommend that the applicant register on the update service. Being on this service will enable you to speed up any future job applications for personal assistant roles. Please note that there is a charge of £16.00 per year applicable to this service, which will be refunded.

We request that all applicants submit online applications. If you are unable to do this, please contact the Direct Payments Team as early as possible on 01437 775655.

Additionally, if you have any further needs or require any further support in the recruitment process please get in touch with the Direct Payments team on 01437 775655 or by emailing directpaymentsrecruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk