Social Care Personal Assistant (6 hours per week term time and 8 hours per week school holidays)

Please note this is not a Swansea city council job. You will be working with a private client who received direct payments.

A little about myself:

I am a young girl living in Swansea with ASD and a severe learning disability. I am nonverbal but you will understand me the more time you spend with me. I like cartoons, poems, my iPad and the outdoors. I also like to bake. I would like to be able to go out with my PA to the park, soft play or even the beach. I may not want to go out if its windy or raining but I am happy to stay in and bake.

Driver required to take me out.

Female preferred.

Hours of work

6 hours per week and 8 hours a week during school holidays. I would like go out on a weekend.

Rate of pay

£13.13

Essential

• Drive to be able to take me out to places I would like to go.
• Make sure I am always safe.

Desirable

• You were female.
• You have previous experience.

I'd like support with

• Going out in the community.

I will need my PA to:

• Respect and understand the importance of privacy and confidentiality.
• Be confident, mature and have patience.
• Be dependable and arrive on time.
• Be friendly with an easy-going manner.
• Be adaptable and flexible.
• Be supportive but not take over.
• Have business insurance on your car to take clients out.

Concerning the position

A trial period will be necessary in the first instance in the form of a six-month probationary period. Salary will be paid monthly (Annual leave is calculated on a pro rata basis). A DBS MUST be processed prior to any commencement of employment. Costs of DBS will be met by Swansea council where applicant is eligible.