Personal Assistant 3698/Hd

Location: Llanelli Hours: up to 19 hrs per week. Hourly rate: £11.50p.h
Caring Italian family is seeking a Personal Assistant to support with caring for their elderly mother and to relieve in caring role
Working hours: 3 hrs per day preferably between 2pm and 5pm Monday to Saturday – hours and days is negotiable with family.
PA role is to assist with personal hygiene- washing, showering and dressing, prescribed medication, to also assist with snacks and drinks and to provide social stimulation and interaction in own home.
Principal duties and responsibilities:
1. Providing for the personal care needs of the employer, such as washing,
showering, dressing,prompting with prescribed medication.
2. Providing support for the employer with snacks and drinks
3. Supporting the employer with encouragement in gaining independence
4. Enabling the employer to interact socially in their community.
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
11. Be prepared to undergo training in order to best meet the employers need.
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.
"This position was posted by the Direct Payments Support service on behalf of the Direct Payment Recipient. The Direct Payment Recipient is the employer. They hold all the employer's responsibilities associated with this role. Carmarthenshire County Council supports them to fulfil their employer obligations."