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.
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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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Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Area: Redcar – TS10
Description: Are you a caring person who wants to make a difference in a young person life?
An amazing opportunity has arisen for the chance to support a lively 13-year-old in the Redcar area. This is a permanent position.
Duties will include: To ensure the young person’s safety when supporting to access activities, supporting 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: 5 hours per week during term time. 8 hours per week in school holidays.
Wage: £10.42 per hour
Applicants must be: Patient, reliable, honest and trustworthy. Knowledge / training of how to de-escalate is an advantage, as well as knowledge of Autism and positive support behaviour strategies, 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 2043
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: £10.42 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 support behaviour 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
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
10 Hour Shifts and Job Share available in Central Redcar Area
Description: Permanent and bank female support workers required (in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010) for a lady living in the Redcar area. The personal assistants will be required to assist the lady with personal care, general household duties and supporting her in her daily activities.
Essential Criteria: A full driving licence to be able to drive for the employer, to be able to go swimming, be computer literate and be comfortable around dogs.
Hours: Up to 43.5 hours available per week to be worked Mondays to Saturday – more information in job description and can be discussed at interview.
Rate of Pay: National minimum wage
The post may be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check and references.
Apply online for Female Personal Assistant Job reference 356
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Description: An 18-year-old young lady with Down Syndrome in the Darlington area is looking for an enthusiastic PA to support her during holiday times. The suitable PA would need to support her to access the community. The young lady likes to go swimming and going for walks, weather permitting. She also would like to go out for lunch to local pubs and enjoys music.
Hours: 20 hours a week, 4 hours a day during holidays Monday to Friday and possibly occasional weekends.
Wage: £10.42 per hour
Duties will include: Supporting young lady with meal preparation promoting independence, maintain safety whilst at home and in the community, prompting around personal care and dressing. And promoting life skills and independence.
Applicants must be: Trustworthy, reliable, Opportunities will be available to access free training
Successful applicants will undergo references and enhanced DBS criminal records check.
Apply online for Personal Assistant - Job Reference 1329
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Area: Whinfield Area of Darlington
Rate: £10.42 per hour
Hours: 10 hours per week
Description: To Support a highly functioning Autistic 18-year-old man promote his independence and to access the community and hobbies this includes attending the gym.
Duties: Attending social activities
Applicants must be: Reliable, patient, and able to maintain confidentiality
The post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and references
Apply online for Personal Assistant - Job Reference 248
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Area: South Park
Description: A mature, quirky, lady with a great sense of humour in the Darlington, is looking for a PA with a positive attitude, and upbeat personality to support her around her hobbies and with day-to-day tasks. If you feel you could make a difference and enable this lady to live a full life, please continue reading below.
Hours: Minimum 14 hours a week, various times over 3 days a week, start time and days can be suitable to the successful applicant – 2 x 5-hour shifts and 1 x 4-hour.
Rate: £11.00
Duties will include: all aspects of personal care to support with physio, full training will be given, to support with crafts a day-to-day task, in and out of the home to go to coffee shop, shops or park with the dog.
Applicants must be: Reliable, trustworthy, good communications, show initiative and support around some short-term needs and be a good emotional support.
All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS check.
Opportunities to access free training is available.
Apply online for Personal Assistant - Job Reference 3320
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Job share would be considered
A bright lovely lady in the Winfield area of Darlington, who loves a variety of crafts is looking for a Personal Assistant to support her with her activities, some light domestic duties, medication, and assistance to wash her hair.
Hours: The support is for 16 hours a week Monday to Friday only and at various times of the day. It will include a 4 hours block of time to attend a weekly craft class. This excludes all bank holidays.
Rate of pay: £10.42 per hour. This will be looked at once the probation period has ended (12 weeks) to raise to £10.50.
Essential: The PA must be caring reliable, trustworthy, and compassionate.
Preferable: A driver preferred but not essential. No previous experience is necessary, full training would be given and the opportunity to access free training during employment.
An enhanced DBS check and references will be completed prior to start date for the successful applicant.
Apply online for Personal Assistant - Job Reference 447
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Area: Cockerton
Description: An opportunity has arisen for a role to support a lady in her own home, The lady is 92 and has advanced Alzheimer’s disease and is nursed in her bed she has complex care needs and can have epileptic seizures
Hours:
Saturday 12pm -10pm, 10pm – 8am sleepover
Sunday 8am -12pm
Regular breaks will be included in these shifts. Flexibility to swap this shift on occasion will be available.
Please note that applicant will be expected to cover holidays and sickness if needed.
Wage: £10.42 per hour sleepover rate £50
5.6 weeks holiday per year
Duties will include: Food preparation, feeding, ensuring sufficient fluid intake, personal care, showering and toileting.
Applicants must be: Reliable, caring trustworthy, patient and trained in moving and handling.
All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS check.
Female applicants only ‘Permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010
Apply online for Personal Assistant - Job Reference 577
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Description: A great opportunity has arisen for a role to support a lady in her own home and out in the community
Hours: 12 hours a week on a Wednesday to work 9am until 9pm, possibly with some flexibility to cover other PA's days for sickness and holidays (hours to cover would be Monday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-5pm, Sunday 11am-7pm). The Employer would be happy for a job share with the right people.
Rate: £10.42 per hour
Duties: Support would be around food preparation, planning activities, accessing local amenities and support to manage correspondence/letters.
Applicants must be: Reliable, trustworthy, have good communication skills, show initiative, be supportive and able to prompt the person. Applicants must be a driver with access to own vehicle.
Successful applicants will undergo references and enhanced DBS criminal records check.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 2036
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
This post is advertised on behalf of Trust 121. Please view the the full job description here (Word document) before applying.
Description: We are currently seeking to recruit a Support Worker to join our amazing team. We are looking for a warm, caring and supportive team member who can deliver person-centred care & support our tenants to live a full and happy life.
Trust 121’s purpose is to support disabled and disadvantaged people towards independence, through choice and inclusion. We support five tenants with learning disabilities to live independently within the community. Our role is to assist each tenant with daily living tasks such as; cooking, cleaning, personal care, attending day services / health appointments, personal shopping and activities. Our working hours consist of a mix of days / evenings / weekends / bank holidays and sleep-in shifts.
We provide a professional and supportive environment which enables the tenants to achieve their aspirations and goals through empowerment and putting the tenant at the centre of all we do.
Essential:
Training and development will be provided. Private pension scheme available.
Successful applicants will undergo references and enhanced DBS criminal records check.
Please see the full job specification before applying.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 232
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Description: Personal Assistant to support a gentleman in the Darlington area. Duties are to provide support with Hair washing, meal preparation and shopping, as well as domestic duties and laundry and may include support to attend appointments.
Hours: 13 hours Monday - Saturday. times will be 3 hours on 3 days and 4 hours on 1 day. Times of support can be flexibl.
Rate: £11.00 per hour
Essential: The PA must be caring reliable, trustworthy, and compassionate. Must like cats has gentleman has one and be aware that the gentleman smokes outside of his property.
Full training will be given.
Successful applicants will undergo references and enhanced DBS criminal records check.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 3115
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Area: Middleton St George
Description: Support is required for a 9-year-old boy to access the community and take part in activities.
Hours: 5 hours a week
Wage: £10.42 per hour
Duties will include: Encouragement to access the community including swimming and bowling, building on social skills and independence as well as maintaining safety
Applicants must be: trustworthy, reliable and flexible. An understanding/experience of learning disabilities and autism preferred but not essential. Training opportunities and information will be given.
Successful applicants will undergo references and enhanced DBS criminal records check.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 3182
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: £10.42 per hour
Must be reliable, show initiative, flexible, trustworthy, and able to maintain confidentiality.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 3540
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
A personal assistant is required to support a cheery, strong-willed 7 year old. To tell you a bit about the person you would be working with - she communicates with familiar adults using some Makaton and gestures to get her needs met, she doesn’t communicate verbally. She also, has Autism. This job will be to support the child in her favourite, familiar places, soft plays, trampolining and outdoors, as well as work towards her accessing everyday places such as restaurants, supermarkets and new play places to help build her resilience and understanding of the world.
Duties: Driving, outings into the community, pushing her wheelchair, personal care and maintaining her safety.
Essential Criteria: A driving licence and access to a vehicle is required. (All expenses for mileage will be met). Fun and willing to get to know the child. Physically able to chase an impulsive child to keep her and others safe.
Hours: We are looking for someone to support ad-hoc and can be flexible on days and times to suit the candidate and/or available activities. It is likely to involve 3 to 4 hour ‘slots’ twice a week which might be once after school and once over the weekend.
Rate of Pay: £10.42 per hour
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory DBS and reference check prior to starting the role.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job reference 3706
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Area: Grangetown
Description: Personal assistant required to support a lady in her own home. The role is to promote the lady’s mental wellbeing by keeping her company and assisting with household tasks and shopping whilst she is busy studying for her PhD. The lady has 2 dogs in the house.
Hours: 14 per week to be worked 1 hour every Monday to Friday evening (i.e. after 5pm) and the rest at the weekend. Job share would be considered. The role might suit a fellow university student and would fit around their studying commitments.
Rate of Pay: £10.42 per hour
Essential Criteria: Applicants must be reliable, flexible and have experience of some sort of similar role.
Successful candidates would require satisfactory DBS and reference checks, which will be paid for by the employer.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job reference 4597
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Area: Low Coniscliffe
Support is required for a 20 year old gentlemen who likes to play on the Wii, also likes support with pictures and likes to see people drawing. The gentleman is very interested in motorbikes and is fun loving.
Possible support around travel costs maybe included.
Hours: 22.5 per week (employer can be flexible with reduced or increased hours)
Monday to Friday Times of support required 7.30am – 9 am and 3.30pm – 6.30pm.
Some weekend hours may be available.
Wage: Start at £10.50 per hour and review after April 2023
Duties will include: Support is required before and after college, with his personal care, this includes dressing, changing (involving changing pads) and bathing. Hoisting is required and support with feeding. Some light domestic duties are included in this role.
Full training and supervision will be given.
Applicants must be: Non-smoker, reliable, honest, and trustworthy.
All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 502
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Area: Darlington - Springfield
Description and duties: A lady who has some mobility difficulties is looking for support to pick her and her 2 children up to go to school or to holiday clubs, drive them to school/club and drop Mum home afterwards. Support is also required with domestic duties, plus an additional 2 hours on a weekend (hours can be flexible) to take her 6-year-old child out so he can access the community, go on walks, go to the local park and ride his bike.
Hours: 8.5 hours per week
Working Pattern: Weekdays 8.30am pick up during school term time and some days during school holidays (30 mins each day).
Plus 6 hours flexible but 2 hours must be on a weekend.
Wage: £10.42 per hour
Applicants must: Have good access to own vehicle and a full clean driving licence. Be honest, reliable and a good timekeeper. No specific experience required as support and training will be given.
All successful applicants will be subject to references and an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 5422
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Personal Assistant required to support a lady in the Darlington Area.
Duties: General housework, hoovering, ironing, etc.
Rate of Pay: £10.42 per hour
Hours: 8hr per week to be worked between Mondays to Fridays over 2 days of 4hr per day.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job reference 543
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Description: To support an 8-year-old child in the community to go out and on walks, access the park, beach and soft play. The child has epilepsy and some mobility issues. They use a wheelchair most of the time. They can communicate with body language.
Hours: Saturday or Sunday for 4 hours at a time as a 2-1 support, 8 hours total between 10-4pm flexible times and day.
Wage: £13.25 per hour
Duties will include: Maintain safety whilst out in the community, supervision to access the community, support with feeding, medication and personal care. Support family with on-going therapies.
Applicants must be: Caring, trustworthy, reliable, patient. Training and information will be given.
Desirable: Knowledge of epilepsy would be beneficial.
All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS check.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job Reference 585
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
Area: Middleton-St-George
Description: A fun loving lively, bright young lady is looking for a PA to support her to access the community and do hobbies in her own home.
Hours: 10 hours per week. The suitable applicant will need to be flexible about the times of day support takes place but it will be no longer than 5 hours per period.
Wage Rate: £10.42 per hour, this will be reviewed after initial probationary period.
Duties will include: Assistance to eat and drink, driving, support to access the community and pushing wheelchair.
Applicants must be: Reliable, trustworthy and be able to show some initiative. The person has access to their own vehicle so a car driver is essential.
All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced disclosure and barring check.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job reference 6322
Job Type: Darlington (PA's)
A great opportunity to work in the Haughton area of Darlington for an employer who will consider job share candidates
Description: Support required for a lady within her home and the community. She likes to go out to shop in Darlington and surrounding areas on a weekend.
Duties: Meal preparation, cleaning, shopping, support to access the community and driving.
Rate: £10.42 per hour (enhancement for bank holidays)
5.6 weeks paid holiday per year
Hours: 20.5 per week available but can be as job share. Hours are over 7 days per week including 4 hours Friday mornings, and 5 hours Saturday and Sunday Afternoons.
Applicants must have: Full clean driving licence to drive employer's car. Due to the nature of the employer’s vehicle insurance applicants must be 25 years old or over.
Apply online for Personal Assistant Job reference 682
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Job Type: Redcar Personal Assistant
Description: Personal Assistant is required for a young man, with Cerebral palsy and Autism. There are some aspects of challenging behaviour, the employer is looking for someone who can be a team player and dedicated to the role. No experience is necessary as full training will be given.
Duties: Support required for all aspects of care including overnight duties, social outings, swimming, and personal care. To be discussed at interview.
Rate of Pay:£10.42 per hour
Hours: Approximately 16 hours per week, this includes weekends and overnights. You will be working as a part of a team, candidates need to be flexible, to be discussed at interview.
A full clean driving licence is preferred, as the person has their own vehicle to use in accessing the community and requires personal assistants to drive for him.
How to apply: Please send all applications by means of a CV to mariehunt662@gmail.com
You will be contacted directly by the employer fi you have been successfully shortlisted for an interview.
Successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Apply online for Personal Assistant job Reference 779
If you prefer a paper application form email dprecruitment@darlingtondisability.org or call 01325 489999. Please quote the job reference number with all requests.
Is a PA the right job for me?
Would 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.
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.