Hello and welcome to
the Powys personal assistant newsletter. This newsletter will publish our latest
client vacancies where you will have the opportunity to apply for a personal
assistants position with one of our direct payment employers.
Working as a Personal
Assistant in Powys:
Are you friendly, reliable and
have a caring nature? Do you want to make a difference to someone’s life?
What are Personal
Assistants?
A Personal Assistant (PA) is
someone employed to provide support with daily living tasks for an individual
assessed as needing assistance by social services. This is made possible by the
individual in need receiving local council payments known as direct payments to
employ their own support staff.
Personal Assistants duties
can vary depending on the support needs of the individual including any of the
following:
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Personal care
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Engaging in social activities
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Domestic assistance
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Accompanying to appointments
What are the
benefits of working as a personal assistant?
Working on a one to one basis
facilitates a more personal relationship and bond to be formed with your employer.
It can be very rewarding enabling a person to have more choice and control over
how they receive support, allowing them to live their lives as independently as
possible.
Rate of pay differs between
employers but PA’s are paid highly in comparison to similar roles in the Social
Care Sector.
A range of working times,
days and hours are available making it possible to fit around other commitments
meaning there is a PA role to suit all those wanting to work as a PA.
You can also work for more
than one employer and increase your working hours.
What is required
to work as a personal assistant?
Each employer has differing
needs so formal qualifications are not always necessary
However according to the
employers in receipt of direct payments that People Plus supports, there are
certain qualities essential for a PA which are:
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Being reliable
and having good time keeping skills
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Being respectful
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The ability to
keep information confidential
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A caring attitude
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Flexibility
Whilst qualifications in Moving and Handling, and
experience are advantageous, it has been recognised that the nature of the
relationship and being trustworthy is more important as training can always be
provided.
***Our
Client Vacancies***
N.B
we are advertising these vacancies on behalf of our direct payment clients,
these jobs are not with People Plus and People Plus will not be your employer.
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POW487390(AW) PA – To support an
elderly gentleman to access Social Support in the Community Machynlleth centre
– 5hrs per week times negotiable @ £9.00 ph
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POW486737(TD) Hay on Wye £9.50 per hour 2
hours, one day per week, after school 3.15-5.15 more hours in school holidays. Girl with cerebral
palsy
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POW486972(TD) PA for a
child. Builth Wells, two posts various hours on split shifts before and after
school and one day every other weekend. £8.75 to £9.75 ph
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POW489654(TD) PA for elderly woman. Boughrood. 6 hours per week, for hospital appts
and shopping plus some household tasks.
£9.00 ph
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POW489557(AW) PA for lady living with her husband in Llangadfan,
Near Welshpool. Annual leave and sick cover required. Personal care and support
in the home for an elderly lady living with her husband. £9.00 ph
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POW486639(TD) Personal
Assistant required for lady in her own home. 28 hours per week Monday-Friday
PLUS 1 Weekend per month. 3.5 hours per day.£9.00 ph
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POW486725(AW) To
work with a family in Arddleen who have a 9 year old disabled son. About 9
hours per week, Mon/Tues/Fri 3.30pm to 6.30pm during school term time average
plus extra hours in the holidays/weekend/evenings.
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POW486748(AW) Home
enabler/support Assistant, for a lady living in the centre of Llanfyllin with
M.E (also known as CFS) to work within the home to offer support when required with
various household tasks, 4 hours per week, flexable.
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POW486691(AW) Personal
assistant required for a lady with severe MS, wheelchair user, living in
Llanwrin, near Machynlleth. The work involves transfers, bathing, dressing,
personal care, with other reasonable domestic duties.
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POW488922(AW) Personal
Assistant support required to work with an elderly lady living in Pen-y-Bont
fawr, Oswestry. About 7 hours per week, times negotiable, assisting at home and
mainly accompanying out in the community.
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POW489474(AW) Personal
support assistant required to work with a lady in her 40s living in the centre
of Newtown, about 12 hours per week, times negotiable, assisting at home and
accompanying out in the community.
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POW489626(AW) Personal Assistant for
an elderly gentleman living at home within Llanwnog, Caresws. Requiring several calls per day, also longer shifts, tasks
include personal care, meal preparation, support with medication and domestic.
Also support in going out into the community, plus respite cover, where
sleepovers will be required. Up to 30 hours per week.
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POW488361(AW) Personal Assistant required for a young lady in her 20's, living
independently with family in Newtown, with a learning disability & history
of mental health issues. Requires assistance, support & monitoring. 20
hours per week, times flexible, includes some weekends & evenings.
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POW486609(AW) Personal
Assistant required for a gentleman living with his family in Cefn Coch,
Welshpool. 10.5 hours per week, some personal care Plus domestic support, Home
based tasks & activities, plus accompanying and accessing the community.
Own vehicle required during working hours. £9.00 per hour plus mileage
allowance.
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POW486865(TD) Part – Time Personal Support Assistant Within Knighton for a 15 year
old girl with Autism during School Holidays only Hours and days by mutual
agreement but mostly weekdays, a total of 9 hours per week available £9/hr.
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POW486639(TD)
Part – Time Personal Support Assistant
Castle Caereinion required for a lady in her own home. 28 hours per week Monday
– Friday PLUS 1 weekend per Month 3.5 hours per day. £9/hr.
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POW489910(TD) Part – Time Personal Assistant required for a 13 year old girl during
school holidays only within Howey.
Hours and days by
mutual agreement, a total of 32 hours per week available as a job share £9/hr.
A full driving license and use of a car will be 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 to support you in your role.
This appointment may be subject to an enhanced DBS
check, which will incur no cost to the applicant. If you have an online update
DBS you have a greater 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
Disclaimer
Please note that although you may have received these job details via People Plus,
we are acting on the employers behalf and cannot be held responsible for any
actions arising out of your employment.
***PA Case Story***
Jessica Sim, full
time Behaviour Support in Heronsbridge School and mother. Works with 6
Children’s DP in Bridgend.
· What interested you to work as a PA?
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The Flexibility of the work
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It’s a way of enabling
families to have time for themselves or have a break and enables the children
to experience things they may not be
able to experience
with their families due to pressure to take them out. So it improves their
quality of life.
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How long have you been working as a PA?
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4 years with one individual.
Working with 6 individuals altogether now.
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What does your role involve to help assist and empower your employer
into independent living?
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Basically just having fun with
the children, so taking them out for the day to do fun activities like shopping
or play.
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I do some personal care in my
role so help with feeding and toileting.
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One of the most important
things I do is engage with that child to help them gain social skills and more
awareness and life skills ‘money awareness’. It’s all about building that
child’s confidence and enabling them to have a
fulfilling life. It’s really important in this job to be reliable and
consistent as the children and their families incorporate you into their lives.
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What benefits and rewards do you feel you get from working as a PA?
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Seeing a child or young adult
develop and being part of that is priceless, it’s a very fulfilling and
rewarding job. You’re basically paid a wage, and a decent wage with a good
mileage allowance to help people, which is great.
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The job is very flexible, you
work around the family and they will work around you which is unique in
employment. Also, the additional work in the school holidays is great because
my main job is in a school it’s good to have that consistent work all year
round.
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You also make amazing new
friends and bonds with the children and their family.
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What would you say to anyone
considering PA work?
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Go for it, it’s a very
rewarding and fulfilling experience that gives a child and a family a life.
It’s the best thing I’ve ever done and if I could do more PA work, I would.
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***Training
Opportunities***
Once you are employed as a PA,
there will be training benefit opportunities offered to you via Powys County
Council, please view the link to their social care workforce training website.
***Get
in touch***
To access a job description for any of the above positions with an
application pack please email ILSPAPowys@PeoplePlus.co.uk quoting the job reference or
alternatively please ring 0330 1232815 if you wish a pack to be posted on to you.
Many Thanks
Powys Direct Payment Team
