Personal Assistant/Carer PER23982/AC
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Carew, Tenby |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Pembrokeshire Direct Payments |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | PER23982/AC |
Summary
• Job title: Fun outgoing Personal assistant.
• Reference: PER23982/AC
• Location: Milton
• Hours of work: 10 hours per week(school holidays)
• Rate of pay: £12.00 per hour
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).
Introduction:
Are you a fun, outgoing person who would enjoy exploring new activities and places of interest within Pembrokeshire? Would you like to spend time having fun out and about within our beautiful county? If you would like the opportunity to make a difference in somebody’s life and give this young man a chance to create special memories and expand his range of interests in a safe environment, then you have found the right job. You will use excellent communication skills to build a good rapport with this young man and encourage him to meet new people and participate in activities. If you are interested in this exciting new opportunity, apply now to express your interest. A person with a fun, happy outlook on life would be suitable for this role. Ideally, this will be matched with a good personality and sense of humour to pass the time away chatting, enjoying activities and living life to the full.
This post is funded through the Direct Payments scheme and is intended to enable this young man’s family to manage his support independently by employing their own personal assistant.
Main Duties:
• Provide companionship through good interaction. Explore this young man’s interests and get to know what his likes and dislikes are. Support him to develop them. This young man enjoys various activities including bowling, going out for food, short walks and crazy golf. This young man has an interest in boats and tractors.
• Provide support and encouragement for this young man out in the community to enable him to participate in and try new, fun and interesting activities to improve his confidence, abilities and satisfaction.
• Give this young man consistent one-to-one support and adapt to meet all of his emotional needs, enabling him to personally develop. This young man has passive avoidance and can throw stones when unhappy or bored so a personal assistant would have to be aware of this young man’s movements at all times. This young man enjoys other people’s company but can on occasion be overfamiliar with strangers, which is when an experienced personal assistant could distract and divert attention.
• This young man has right sided weakness and needs support to do more difficult tasks like doing up buttons.
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks that your employer requests.
Person Specification
• Active and energetic.
• Proactive individual with local knowledge.
• A good sense of humour.
• Caring, honest, responsible and patient.
• Flexibility around hours of work and main duties of the job.
• Reliable with good time keeping.
• Able to use own initiative and be self-motivated.
• Able to maintain confidentiality and be aware of privacy.
• An ability to develop and maintain a supportive relationship.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills.
• A full driving license and use of a car is required. You must have business use on your insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours.
Benefits
5.6 weeks holiday per year (pro rata).
Sick pay at SSP rate.
Training provided if required, where available.
Disclaimer:
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 there is a DBS 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 £13.00 per year applicable to this service.
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
• Reference: PER23982/AC
• Location: Milton
• Hours of work: 10 hours per week(school holidays)
• Rate of pay: £12.00 per hour
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).
Introduction:
Are you a fun, outgoing person who would enjoy exploring new activities and places of interest within Pembrokeshire? Would you like to spend time having fun out and about within our beautiful county? If you would like the opportunity to make a difference in somebody’s life and give this young man a chance to create special memories and expand his range of interests in a safe environment, then you have found the right job. You will use excellent communication skills to build a good rapport with this young man and encourage him to meet new people and participate in activities. If you are interested in this exciting new opportunity, apply now to express your interest. A person with a fun, happy outlook on life would be suitable for this role. Ideally, this will be matched with a good personality and sense of humour to pass the time away chatting, enjoying activities and living life to the full.
This post is funded through the Direct Payments scheme and is intended to enable this young man’s family to manage his support independently by employing their own personal assistant.
Main Duties:
• Provide companionship through good interaction. Explore this young man’s interests and get to know what his likes and dislikes are. Support him to develop them. This young man enjoys various activities including bowling, going out for food, short walks and crazy golf. This young man has an interest in boats and tractors.
• Provide support and encouragement for this young man out in the community to enable him to participate in and try new, fun and interesting activities to improve his confidence, abilities and satisfaction.
• Give this young man consistent one-to-one support and adapt to meet all of his emotional needs, enabling him to personally develop. This young man has passive avoidance and can throw stones when unhappy or bored so a personal assistant would have to be aware of this young man’s movements at all times. This young man enjoys other people’s company but can on occasion be overfamiliar with strangers, which is when an experienced personal assistant could distract and divert attention.
• This young man has right sided weakness and needs support to do more difficult tasks like doing up buttons.
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks that your employer requests.
Person Specification
• Active and energetic.
• Proactive individual with local knowledge.
• A good sense of humour.
• Caring, honest, responsible and patient.
• Flexibility around hours of work and main duties of the job.
• Reliable with good time keeping.
• Able to use own initiative and be self-motivated.
• Able to maintain confidentiality and be aware of privacy.
• An ability to develop and maintain a supportive relationship.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills.
• A full driving license and use of a car is required. You must have business use on your insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours.
Benefits
5.6 weeks holiday per year (pro rata).
Sick pay at SSP rate.
Training provided if required, where available.
Disclaimer:
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 there is a DBS 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 £13.00 per year applicable to this service.
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