Current Vacancies

Personal Assistant

• Reference: E171459/MCG
• Location: Pembroke Area
• Hours of work: 6 hours per week (term time) & 12 hours per week (Half term)
• 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:

A family in Pembrokeshire are looking to employ a Personal Assistant to support them with their daughter's care needs. This young person has been diagnosed with severe Epilepsy, as such, the personal assistant would need to have experience in this area.  This young person has many varied interests that the PA would support, including outings to Folly Farm & Hanger 5 and activities within the home. This post is funded through the Direct Payments scheme, which aims to enable the family to manage their daughter's support and meet her care needs independently. The successful applicant should be friendly and supportive and be able to work flexibly to meet these.

The main duties to be included in this role are:

• Develop a reliable and trusting relationship with the family and provide 1:1 support with the young person.
• Ensure a structured set of activities is maintained, where required.
• Develop one-on-one interactions with the young person whilst undertaking outings out of doors and activities around her interests.
• Communicate with the person’s family and wider support network.
• Assist family in meeting the young person’s personal care tasks as required, this will include nappy changing, feeding etc.
• 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.
• Utilise the young person’s specialist car seat & wheelchair for outings
• 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.
  
  

The client is looking for a personal assistant that fits the following person specification:

• 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
• A dog/cat lover
• Manual Handling experience preferred
• Knowledge and understanding of disabilities such as Global Development delay, ASD etc.
• Must have Epilepsy training or have experience.
  
  

Other requirements:

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.

Benefits:

5.6 weeks holiday per year (pro rata)

Sick pay at SSP rate

Training is provided if required.

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 about 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 £13.00 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 at 01437 775655 or by emailing directpaymentsrecruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk