Personal Assistant (PA) Vacancies

Direct Payments – Personal Assistant (PA)

Various locations within Carmarthenshire County Council

Salary: Negotiable

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: Various

Carmarthenshire residents seek friendly and supportive personal advisers to meet their care and social needs. You should be flexible to fit in around the needs of the person receiving support and help them to make their own decisions around their care they receive and encourage them to maintain their independence.

About you

• Could you make a difference?
• Do you enjoy helping people?
• Are you a good communicator?
• Are you committed to equality and providing quality support?

It may be useful if you had a driving licence and access to a car to support people to enjoy the activities of their choice; however, this shouldn't stop you from applying as some people do not require this.

About the role

Your hours will be agreed between yourself and your employer (usually the person you support), who may require you to work flexible shifts, which may include some weekends and bank holidays. Their precise requirements will be discussed at interview. However, some common tasks may include:

• helping with dressing and personal hygiene
• household chores such as washing, ironing, cooking, and cleaning
• shopping
• transport and attending day activities
• help with medical appointments and medication

The rewards

The rate of pay will be negotiated between you and your employer.

Want to apply for this role?

The Direct Payments support service also support Direct Payments recipients to advertise their vacancies. These vacancies are posted on the Department for Work and Pensions' Find a Job web page.

Please note that the vacancies posted on this site may not be representative of all personal assistant vacancies in Carmarthenshire.

Interest in vacancies may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.

The appointment as a Personal Assistant via a Direct Payment is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. (We would recommend that there is a DBS update service. Being on this service will enable you to speed up any future job applications for personal assistant roles. Please note that there is a charge of £13.00 applicable to this service)

If you have any further needs or require additional information, please get in touch on 01267 242324 or by emailing SCHDirectPaymentsBrokerage@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

Please note: We are acting on behalf of a third party and will not be your employer or be liable for any issues arising out of your employment should you be offered employment.