Job title: Personal Assistant
Location: Llandre, Ceredigion
Hourly rate: £14 per hour plus 45p per mile mileage rate
Hours offered: 7 hours per week, on Wednesdays.
Introduction
To assist a young lady with learning difficulties to access the community, enjoy her leisure activities and to develop independent living skills. It is essential that the employee has a full driving license and their own vehicle. You are required to wear a face mask when in close proximity to me in enclosed spaces e.g. in the car.
Main duties
• To keep a vulnerable young adult safe at all times – for example, helping them cross the road safely and be conscious of their lack of awareness of danger.
• To encourage more integration into the local community. Local knowledge of activities available would be advantageous to this post, as some of the hours worked, will be off-site within the community.
• To enable access to sports activities e.g. cycling, horse-riding, swimming, going for walks
• To go to shopping
• To support client in attending arts classes or other interest groups
• Visiting places of interest
• To enable employer to go out socially and visit friends and extended family
• As the employer has a language disorder, in addition to their learning difficulties, it is important to communicate freely with her family who can help explain things if necessary.
• To complete monthly time sheets.
Personal specification
• Reliable and has good time keeping
• Able to use own initiative by offering your own suggestions and ideas regarding activities
• Positive about learning difficulties
• Caring, honest, responsible and patient
• Able to talk simply and to explain things slowly and in clear language
• Flexibility around hours of work and main duties of the job
• 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 own vehicle is required
• You must have business use on your insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours
• This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, which will incur no cost to the applicant.
Disclaimer:
This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of an individual employer. You will be employed by that individual and not Ceredigion County Council. To apply for this job please complete the application form.
This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, which will incur no cost to the applicant. If you have an online update DBS you have a great chance of becoming shortlisted for this position as this can help the employer to recruit much quicker, if you wish to update your current DBS please go to
If requested by the employer, two satisfactory references must be provided. This post is subject to a trial period of 1 month and a probationary period of up to 6 months.
Wages will be paid in arrears on a 4 weekly basis once a valid National Insurance (NI) number has been provided. You must be eligible to work in the UK and your employer will conduct document checks prior to commencement.
You will receive the appropriate annual leave entitlement as well as all other statutory entitlements, details of which will be set out in your contract of employment. You will also be issued with a Personal Assistants Handbook when your employment commences.
You will be expected to undertake any mandatory training identified as relevant to this post. The cost of mandatory training will be met through the direct payment. Failure to attend mandatory training may result in your employment offer being withdrawn.
Please note the Direct Payments Support Service, Ceredigion County Council is advertising the following posts on behalf of an individual employer. You will be an employee of the Direct Payment Recipient and not of Ceredigion County Council.