Ceredigion County Council Direct Payment Support Service
Pay: Salary not specified.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 6 hours per week Tuesday and Wednesday
Disability Confident: No
Closing Date: 23/04/2026
About this job
Job title: Personal Assistant
Location: Aberaeron
Hours of work: 6 hours per week Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rate of pay £14.00 per hour.
Introduction: I am a lady who has dementia and looking for some help in my day to day activities.
I enjoy going out to places like Garden Centres to look at and buy plants and to take them home to plant in the garden.
I also like going out for coffee and cake.
At home I like company to chat with and play board games, and on occasion help with meal preparation.
Reminding me to drink during the day would be helpful.
Main Duties: To help me continue to get out and about and help with meal preparation.
If you feel you can help me then please apply.
To carry out any other reasonable requests that the employer may make from time to time.
Person Specification
* Someone who can knows about my issues.
* A good sense of humour Flexibility around hours of work and main duties of the job.
* Caring, honest, responsible and patient.
* 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.
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 https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service.
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.
Jobs are provided by the Find a Job Service from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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