Personal Assistants/Support Workers Vacancies
If you would rather apply to our PA register to log your interest and availability to work for employers in the Redcar and Cleveland area, and/or Darlington follow this link - https://www.darlingtondisability.org/pa-register/
Joining the PA register is a quick and simple way of being considered for any of our vacancies, sometimes even before they have been formally advertised. One application is all you need in the first instance and if invited for interview(s) we will provide you with a more in depth application form.
Click here for more information about what is a Personal Assistant and our PA register https://www.darlingtondisability.org/direct-payment/what-is-a-pa
Vacancies
The following vacancies are advertised directly by the disabled person (or person on their behalf) who receives support from our Direct Payment Support Services. Darlington Association on Disability (DAD) is not the employer.
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BANK Personal Assistant Job Reference 3592
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Area: Redcar – TS10
Description: A great opportunity has arisen for the chance to support a lively 8-year-old in the Redcar area. This is a Bank Worker Position.
Support is to access the community, go to the beach, soft play, and swimming. There is a need for some support with personal care, hand hygiene and assist with toilet.
Hours: Bank worker to cover of permanent staff when on holiday or off sick for up to 5 hours per week during term time, 8 hours per week during school holidays.
Wage: £11.44 per hour
Duties will include: To ensure the child is safe whilst supporting to access activities. The suitable person will need to be able to give the child time to process verbal information and use a minimum of verbal communication.
Applicants must be: Patient, reliable, honest and trustworthy. Knowledge of Autism and positive behaviour support strategies are an advantage, however information can be provided at interview. There is also an opportunity for the employee to access training.
The successful applicant will undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to starting.
Apply online for BANK Personal Assistant Job Reference 3592
Female Personal Assistant Job Reference 356
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Description: A Female Support worker is required in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 for a lady living in the Redcar area. To help the lady to be independent and change her life for the better.
Duties will include: Personal care such as washing and dressing, help with household tasks.
A full driving licence is required as you will be taking the lady out in her own vehicle for things like shopping and taking her out with her family. You will be helping the lady to achieve all the goals she has in her life, can you be the person who changes her life?
Hours: Weekdays 8.30am – 6.30pm and Weekends 9.30am – 5.30pm.
Rate of Pay: £11.44 per hour
5 posts available
Post 1
Hours 19 per week
1 weekday 8.30am till 6.30pm
1 weekend day 9.30am till 6.30pm.
Post 2
Hours 19 per week at £11.44 per hour
1 weekday 8.30am till 6.30pm
1 weekend day 9.30am till 6.30pm.
Post 3
Hours 10 per week
1 weekday 8.30am till 6.30pm
Post 4
Hours 4.5 per week bedtime call - 1.5 hrs 3 nights a week 9pm till 10.30pm.
Post 5
Hours 6 per week bedtime call - 1.5 hrs 4 nights a week 9pm till 10.30pm.
Holidays are paid pro rata for any hours worked
The post may be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check and references.
Apply online for Female Personal Assistant Job Reference 356
Female Personal Assistant Job Reference 7517
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Description: An opportunity has arisen in the Guisborough area for a Personal Assistant to support a bright, fun loving lady in her own home who has an interest in crafts, singing and pets.
Hours: 29 hours per week. Support is split between 2-3 visits a day, However, they can be some flexibility around this. The employer is happy for this to be a job share.
Wage: £11.44 an hour
Duties will include: This is a varied role supporting the lady in her own home. Duties include personal care, catheter care, support to manage Peg feed and medication, domestic duties, organising and dealing with correspondence. There will be support required to access the community and with appointments and shopping.
Applicants must be: Reliable, trustworthy, be able to show initiative and have good organisation skills. The potential Personal Assistant needs to drive and have access to a car.
Desirable: Some knowledge and understanding of Autism would be a benefit, but not essential.
Training will be given around Peg and catheter support.
Also, to be aware the lady has one small very friendly dog and 3 cats.
All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS Checks.
Female applicants only permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Apply online for Female Personal Assistant Job Reference 7517
Personal Assistant Job Reference 3540
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Area: Redcar and Cleveland
Description: Looking for a PA to support a mum of 2 with daily tasks and planning, while children are at school, Ideal candidate for this role would be able to provide motivation and support while following a set support plan
Duties: Domestic support, meal planning and preparation (special diet), correspondence and phone calls, budgeting planning, appointments, and shopping.
Hours: 6 hours a week, Monday – Friday during school hours. Flexible and may differ week to week.
Rate: £11.44 per hour
Must be reliable, show initiative, flexible, trustworthy, and able to maintain confidentiality.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 3540
Personal Assistant Job reference 3727
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Area: Marske-by-the-Sea.
Description: Are you the person who can make a difference to the life of a happy, loving 9-year-old who is full of fun and loves communicating? We are looking to recruit a warm and supportive Personal Assistant to support our son who has a learning disability and some speech difficulties.
Hours: Shifts: 12 hours per week during school holidays split over 4 days to include a Saturday, Sunday for 4 hours and 2 days during the week, although hours are flexible and can be discussed with the employer.
6 hours per week term time split over 2 days one to include a Saturday or Sunday for 4 hours and 2 hours after school.
Wage: £11.44 per hour
Duties to include: Support to go out in the community to things like soft play, swimming and the seaside. He enjoys visiting farms as he loves animals and rides out in the car.
Essential criteria : Applicants must be kind, patient, trustworthy, energetic, reliable and can deliver person centred support. Also, a car driver who has access to their own vehicle.
Desirable: Some experience with children with disabilities would be preferred but not essential.
Any training needs will be arranged by the employer.
All successful applicants will undergo and enhanced DBS check and references.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job reference 3727
Personal Assistant Job Reference 8128
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Area: Redcar and Cleveland
Are you the person who can make a difference to an 11 year old’s life who enjoys a range of stimulating activities and going out and about in the community? If so, apply now!
Description: We are currently looking to recruit a warm supportive Personal Assistant to support our son who has complex needs.
Hours: 12 hours per week term time on a Saturday and Sunday. 24 hours per week during school holidays. Hours are flexible and can be discussed with the employer.
Wage: £12.50 per hour
Duties to include: Personal care, assistance with feeding and medication. Support with stimulating activities in the home and the community.
Essential criteria : Applicants must be kind, patient, trustworthy, reliable and can deliver person centred support.
Desirable: Some experience with children with disabilities would be preferred but not essential.
Training will be provided around the individual support needs i.e. peg feeding, epilepsy, moving and assisting.
All successful applicants will undergo and enhanced DBS check and references.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 8128
Personal Assistant Job reference 8483
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
We are currently looking to recruit a team of Support Workers / Personal Assistants for a young man (nearly 18 years old) with additional needs in the East Cleveland area, for care and support within the home and community.
Are you a person who can make a difference to our son’s life? You need to be warm, friendly and personable with a very good sense of humour and enjoy creating stimulating and rewarding opportunities for play and communication.
Can you work as part of a team to support our son?
Hours: A total of 40 hours per week to be shared between a number of support workers. Core hours of support include -
Monday – 4pm-8pm (this to include support to local youth club) – 1:1 support. Tuesday to Friday, after School - Up to 4 hours (2:1 support) Weekends and Bank holidays - Up to 6 hours (2:1 support)
All hours are flexible and can be discussed with us at interview. Support package covers term-time and school holidays, with the potential for some additional hours once our son leaves school (July 2025).
Wage: £11.44 per hour
Duties to include: Our son loves to be out and about in the community, so this could be walks by the sea, or the local parks, trips to the swimming pool, shopping and accompanying him to his youth club. There will be a degree of personal care involved in the role which may include showering, dressing and changing. Preparation of foods and assistance with feeding. Interaction and play with stimulating activities in the home and in the community, all the while supporting and supervising. Provide a duty of care and wellbeing, looking out for any dangers and anxiety, assist with any situations that arise. Support with domestic duties around the home.
Essential criteria: Applicants must be kind, patient, trustworthy and reliable and able to deliver person-centred care and support. You must be physically fit as our son has a manual wheelchair which is his mode of transport outside the home. Full, clean UK driving license and over 25 years of age, due to Motability car insurance requirements.
Desirable: Previous experience with supporting children or adults with learning disabilities would be preferred but not essential.
Training will be provided around the individual support needs – manual handling and use of equipment (hoists, slings, wheelchair accessible vehicle), feeding, individual forms of communication and listening skills.
All successful applicants will undergo an enhanced DBS check and references.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job reference 8483
Personal Assistant Job Reference 8706
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Area: Saltburn by the Sea.
Description: A lady seeking a personal assistant preferably someone with a mature attitude, who has self-motivation, good time management and who can support me around my emotions and personal support.
Hours: 8 hrs per week (this includes 3 hours for cleaning). The hours to be split over 3 calls per week on a Monday (5.30-8pm) Tuesday (5-8pm) and Friday (5.30-8pm), this can be discussed with the employer at the interview.
Wage: £11.44 per hour
Duties will include: Support with domestic skills, making main meals and support with following guidelines around dietary recommendations, shopping and prompts with my medication.
Applicants must be: They need to be honest, reliable, flexible, have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental. Have some experience working with Autism although any training needs required can be arranged with the employer. Someone who also has experience of working around children.
Successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 8706
If you prefer a paper application form email dprecruitment@darlingtondisability.org or call 01325 360524. Please quote the job reference number with all requests. Return paper applications to DAD. Unit 1P, Enterprise House, Valley Street North, Darlington, DL1 1GY.
Is a PA the right job for me?
Would you like the opportunity to work for and assist a disabled person on a one to one basis to have choice and control in their life and to live independently within their own home and in the community?
Do you enjoy the company of people, are able to work flexibly, reliable, have good communication skills and willing to learn how to meet the individual needs of the person you are assisting?
If the answer is YES to both of these questions then applying for one of our vacancies or our PA register could be for you.
Important information for applicants:
Applicants must be: Able to work flexibly, be a good communicator, able to respect dignity and willing to learn from the employer.
Applicants will generally have to provide references and undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Posts generally include the statutory requirement of 5.6 weeks paid holiday and other usual statutory employment rights.
What happens next:
After completing your application form and returning it, your application will be sent to employers which you have requested and if indicated other employers which are appropriate.
If short-listed you will be asked for an interview, which will give the employer the opportunity to decide whether they wish to employ you. This is also the applicant's opportunity to find out more information to decide whether you feel the position is appropriate for you.
How you can support us
As a local organisation we very much rely on the support of our local community. We support over 2,000 people every year to have greater choice and control and remove the barriers that disabled adults and children experience in their everyday lives. But we need YOUR help.