Personal Assistant/PER Job Llandovery Wales UK,Healthcare

Position: Personal Assistant/PER14092
Location: Llandovery

Overview

An elderly gentleman from Llandovery needs a Personal Assistant for 10 hours per week to support with personal care tasks, washing and dressing as required and to cover whilst the PA takes leave.

To be supported with toileting tasks, he will require support to ensure incontinence aids are worn as required. To be supported with meal preparation tasks. The gentleman has a soft diet, eating foods such as fish and very soft vegetables. He doesn eat meat. To have support with light domestic tasks. To support with transfers using equipment in place.

To be able to socialise and get out and about whilst accessing care, as required.

Responsibilities

Supporting the employer with encouragement in gaining independence
Supporting the employer to develop independent living skills
To provide companionship in the employer’s home, including engaging in conversation with them and providing them with social interaction
Encouraging the employer to attend appointments
Ensuring the employer’s safety at all times during your working hours
To carry out any other reasonable tasks that are requested by the employer during your working hours
To ensure compliance with Data Protection Act.
Be mindful of safeguarding issues, and feedback any concerns to Carmarthenshire County Council immediately on
Be responsible for contacting the GP, Social Worker or Local Authority should the employer need medical assistance.

Relationships:
Communication / Nature of Contacts

Ability to develop supportive and caring relationship with employer.

To undertake all duties in a friendly and helpful manner.

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

Caring, patient and friendly.

Responsible, reliable and honest.

Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative.

Has good local knowledge of the area where the employer lives.

Good time-keeping and flexibility around working patterns and duties as determined by the employer’s requirements.

Ability to keep simple records such as time recording.

Good communicator able to talk to people on behalf of the employer when required.

Able to develop long-term supportive and consistent relationships with employers.

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.

You must be prepared to have business use on your vehicle insurance to be able to use the vehicle within work hours

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.”

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