Personal Assistant/TN/PER147107

A gentleman from Saron, Llandysul has been diagnosed with MND and requires a Personal Assistant for 10.5 hours per week, which can be agreed in advance, so must be flexible.

He needs assistance with:

• Meal Preparation: Support him with preparing meals as required and calorie dense snacks to maintain his weight. Ensure meals are prepared safely, taking into account his fatigue, reduced mobility, and nutritional needs. Prompt and support him to maintain regular eating routines. Check that food items are stocked appropriately.
• Household / Domestic Tasks: Support with general household cleaning, including vacuuming, dusting, wiping surfaces, and maintaining a clean living environment. Provide assistance with bathroom cleaning, particularly tasks he finds challenging (e.g., shower area, toilet, and sink cleaning). Assist with laundry, including loading/unloading the washing machine, hanging clothes to dry, folding, and putting items away. Support with light domestic organisation to ensure the home remains safe and accessible. Assist with taking out household rubbish and recycling as required.
• General Monitoring: Monitor any difficulties he experiences and report concerns to the relevant professionals. Assist with the paperwork and forms he receives.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• Supporting the employer with encouragement in gaining independence.
• Enabling the employer to interact socially in their community.
• Supporting the employer to develop independent living skills.
• To provide companionship in the employer's home, including engaging in conversation with the employer and providing them with social interaction.
• 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 (01267 228751).
• 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 relationships with the 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 the employer's home 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 employer's needs.

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.