Job title: Personal assistant Location: Your home Hours of work: 32 hours/2nights per 4 weeks with an additional 8 hours per week in school holidays Rate of pay: £12.60 per hour with overnights rates. Introduction: A very busy 16-year-old boy with limited communication looking for an enthusiastic support worker who can provide respite care within a suitable and friendly home environment. This role is for a person to take me to their home and provide me with respite from Friday to Sunday. Please if you feel you can do this then apply. Main Duties: Arranging daily activities of interest which include swimming, gardening, shopping, outdoors adventures etc, developing skills (cooking, safety, household duties), support with preparing meals and drinks, personal care, medicine administration. To carry out any other reasonable requests that the employer may make from time to time. Person Specification: Active and energetic A good sense of humour Flexibility around hours of work and main duties of the job. Caring, honest, responsible and patient with me. 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.