Job Description

Job title: Personal Assistant

Location: Groeslon area

Hours of work:42 hour period once a month.

Rate of pay: 12.60 per hour

Introduction:

A committed, caring and flexible Personal Assistant is required to support a 10 year old male for a 42 hour period once a month. The hours are to be worked flexibly as required and agreed in advance. This post is funded through the Direct Payments scheme and is intended to enable this family to manage their support independently. Training can be provided as required and where available. Must have own transport and a full, clean driving licence.

Main Duties:

Support and encourage him with any activities of interest as identified by the family. Have adequate and age-appropriate toys, games, books, activities. Provide a safe environment. To encourage play and give time for rest. Experience working with neurodiverse young people would be advantageous. Establish and maintain a professional and efficient standard of care.Always ensure his safety during your working period. Have good awareness of safe manual handling and hygiene. Provide companionship at home and engage in lively positive conversation. Local knowledge of appropriate activities available would be advantageous to this post, as the hours worked could be off-site within the community. Be compassionate, caring, respectful.= Support and encourage with skills and interests. To carry out any other reasonable requests that the employer may make from time to time.

Person Specification:

Active and energetic. Proactive individual with local knowledge. A good sense of humour. Caring, honest, responsible and patient. Flexibility around hours of work and main duties of the job. Reliable with good time keeping. Able to use own initiative and be self-motivated. 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 a car is required. You must have business use on your 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 provided if required, where available.

This appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, which will incur no cost to the applicant.

Disclaimer

Please note that although you may have received this job details via Cyngor Gwynedd, they are acting on the employers' behalf and cannot be held responsible for any actions arising out of your employment.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 12.60 per hour

Benefits:

Casual dress Free parking
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: IL-GR-MM