Overview
Job Title: Personal Assistant
Location: Aberystwyth
Hourly Rate: £14.50 per hour
Hours Offered: up to 9 hours per week, worked over 3 afternoons
This post is funded through the Direct Payments scheme and is intended to enable the client to manage their support independently. The use of a car is essential.
Responsibilities
* Support the client to reengage with her interests and relieve social isolation and loneliness.
* Support her to remain independent at home and in the community.
* Carry out any other reasonable duties requested from time to time.
Person Specification
* Proactive with local knowledge, a good sense of humour, honest, patient, flexible around hours of work and duties, reliable, able to use own initiative and be self-motivated, able to maintain confidentiality and privacy, with good communication and interpersonal skills.
* Full driving licence and use of a car is required; you must have business use on your insurance to drive the vehicle during working hours.
This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, which will incur no cost to the applicant.
Additional Information
* Two satisfactory references may be required.
* There is 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 number is provided. You must be eligible to work in the UK and document checks will be conducted prior to commencement.
* You will receive annual leave entitlement and other statutory entitlements, details of which will be set out in your contract of employment. A Personal Assistant Handbook will be issued when employment commences.
* Mandatory training identified as relevant to this post will be provided at the cost of Direct Payments. Failure to attend mandatory training may result in withdrawal of the offer.
* Please note: Direct Payments Support Service, Ceredigion County Council, advertises this vacancy on behalf of an individual employer. You will be employed by the Direct Payment Recipient, not Ceredigion County Council.
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