PERSONAL ASSISTANT NS.PER14481
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | LLANYBRI |
| Company: | Direct Payment Employer |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | PER14481 |
Summary
Llan Y Bri Area Carmarthen
6 Hours a week ******* UPTO £13.00 per hour
MAIN DUTIES :
30 year old Female requires a personal assistant for:
To Support the individual in Volunteer work with animals and take to and from work sessions.
Support with going out to the cinema to watch films of her choice.
Support and encourage her with gaining independence and enable her to interact socially within her community.
Support and encourage her with activities of interest to her.
Ensure her safety at all times during your working period and pushing of a wheelchair is required
To take out to the local town and undertake her food and clothes shopping to maintain independence
To provide companionship and build a rapport with her.
Principal duties and responsibilities:
1. Supporting the employer with encouragement in gaining independence
2. Enabling the employer to interact socially in their community.
3. Providing support to the employer whilst shopping and attending activities of interest
4. Supporting the employer to develop independent living skills
5. To provide companionship in the employer’s home, including engaging in conversation with the employer and providing them with social interaction
6. Encouraging the employer to attend appointments
7. Ensuring the employer’s safety at all times during your working hours
8. To carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer during your working hours
9. To ensure compliance with Data Protection Act.
10. Be mindful of safeguarding issues, and feedback any concerns to Carmarthenshire County Council immediately on (01267 228751)
11. Be responsible for contacting the GP, Social Worker or Local Authority should the employer need medical assistance.
Relationships: Communication / Nature of Contacts:
1. Ability to develop supportive and caring relationship with employer.
2. To undertake all duties in a friendly and helpful manner.
3. Able to contact people on behalf of the employer when necessary.
Job Working Environment:
Working in employer’s homes and supporting them to access facilities and community activities.
Person specification – Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience & Skills:
1. Caring, patient and friendly.
2. Responsible, reliable and honest.
3. Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative.
4. Has good local knowledge of the area where the employer lives.
5. Good time-keeping and flexibility around working patterns and duties as determined by the employer’s requirements.
6. Ability to keep simple records such as time recording.
7. Good communicator able to talk to people on behalf of the employer when required.
8. Able to develop long-term supportive and consistent relationships with employers.
9. A full, clean driving licence and use of a car is likely to be required. This is determined by the needs of the employer and whether you live within walking distance.
10. You must be prepared to have business use on your vehicle insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours
In addition, all Personal Assistants must have business insurance on their car insurance, a current MOT and vehicle tax if they use their own cars to transport Service User or use their own vehicle to carry out tasks on behalf of SU, failure to do so may render the PA as uninsured if they are stopped by the police or involved in an accident. It is your responsibility to check that they have a driver’s license and all required documentation. It is also your responsibility to ensure that your PA’s hours are submitted in a timely manner via the portal or timesheet provided by the Local Authority, we will be unable to process payment should the hours not be submitted on time. Please contact me with any other questions you would like answered on.
Disclosure Barring Service (DBS)
A Disclosure Barring Service Check (DBS) / criminal record check will require to be undertaken for this post. This will be completed on acceptance of job offer
6 Hours a week ******* UPTO £13.00 per hour
MAIN DUTIES :
30 year old Female requires a personal assistant for:
To Support the individual in Volunteer work with animals and take to and from work sessions.
Support with going out to the cinema to watch films of her choice.
Support and encourage her with gaining independence and enable her to interact socially within her community.
Support and encourage her with activities of interest to her.
Ensure her safety at all times during your working period and pushing of a wheelchair is required
To take out to the local town and undertake her food and clothes shopping to maintain independence
To provide companionship and build a rapport with her.
Principal duties and responsibilities:
1. Supporting the employer with encouragement in gaining independence
2. Enabling the employer to interact socially in their community.
3. Providing support to the employer whilst shopping and attending activities of interest
4. Supporting the employer to develop independent living skills
5. To provide companionship in the employer’s home, including engaging in conversation with the employer and providing them with social interaction
6. Encouraging the employer to attend appointments
7. Ensuring the employer’s safety at all times during your working hours
8. To carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer during your working hours
9. To ensure compliance with Data Protection Act.
10. Be mindful of safeguarding issues, and feedback any concerns to Carmarthenshire County Council immediately on (01267 228751)
11. Be responsible for contacting the GP, Social Worker or Local Authority should the employer need medical assistance.
Relationships: Communication / Nature of Contacts:
1. Ability to develop supportive and caring relationship with employer.
2. To undertake all duties in a friendly and helpful manner.
3. Able to contact people on behalf of the employer when necessary.
Job Working Environment:
Working in employer’s homes and supporting them to access facilities and community activities.
Person specification – Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience & Skills:
1. Caring, patient and friendly.
2. Responsible, reliable and honest.
3. Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative.
4. Has good local knowledge of the area where the employer lives.
5. Good time-keeping and flexibility around working patterns and duties as determined by the employer’s requirements.
6. Ability to keep simple records such as time recording.
7. Good communicator able to talk to people on behalf of the employer when required.
8. Able to develop long-term supportive and consistent relationships with employers.
9. A full, clean driving licence and use of a car is likely to be required. This is determined by the needs of the employer and whether you live within walking distance.
10. You must be prepared to have business use on your vehicle insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours
In addition, all Personal Assistants must have business insurance on their car insurance, a current MOT and vehicle tax if they use their own cars to transport Service User or use their own vehicle to carry out tasks on behalf of SU, failure to do so may render the PA as uninsured if they are stopped by the police or involved in an accident. It is your responsibility to check that they have a driver’s license and all required documentation. It is also your responsibility to ensure that your PA’s hours are submitted in a timely manner via the portal or timesheet provided by the Local Authority, we will be unable to process payment should the hours not be submitted on time. Please contact me with any other questions you would like answered on.
Disclosure Barring Service (DBS)
A Disclosure Barring Service Check (DBS) / criminal record check will require to be undertaken for this post. This will be completed on acceptance of job offer