Darlington Association on Disability

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: £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 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.

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Female Personal Assistant Job reference 356

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 23.5 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.

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Female Personal Assistant Job reference 456

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Female Personal Assistant  Required ('Permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010)

Opportunity to work for a disabled woman in her own home as part of a team. 

The job will include domestic duties and providing personal care. A full clean driving licence is also required. 

Wages start at £10.50 per hour but will rise after a probationary period to £11.50. There is potential to rise up to £12.50 for the right candidate.

Hours: 15-20 hours a week on a 4 weekly rota. Therefore, some weeks it’s 14 and some weeks it is 20.

Apply by email to jillyj12@gmail.com with name and address

Post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check

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Female Personal Assistant Job Reference 518 (was previously listed as 577)

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Area: West End

Description: Female bank support needed to cover holidays and ad -hoc hours to help a disabled lady to live independently and continue to work, it is possible this could lead to permanent hours in the future.

Hours: Shifts to be worked anytime between 7.30am and 9pm Monday - Sunday

Wage: £11.50 per hour

Duties will include Personal care, meal preparation, domestic duties, and social activities.

Applicants must be: 

Caring, reliable and trustworthy

Full Training will be provided.

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

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Female Personal Assistant Job reference 571

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: A Direct Payment employer is seeking to recruit a warm, supportive, female personal assistant to support her daughter who has complex needs.

Hours: 1 or 2 waking night(s) 8.30pm – 8.30am, per week. Night(s) to be worked can be set or variable - employer is happy to discuss at interview. 

Wage: £11.00 per hour plus statutory paid holiday entitlement. 

Duties will include: Personal care, assistance with feeding, administering medication, manual handling including assisting turning the child during the night and making her comfortable.

Essential criteria: Applicants must be kind, patient, trustworthy, reliable and can deliver person centred support.

Desirable: Some experience with supporting disabled children, feeding, epilepsy, moving and handling.

Training will be provided. 

Female applicants only ‘Permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010

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Personal Assistant - Job Reference 447

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.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference - 4227

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Area:  Middleton St George  

Description: Are you a caring person who wants to make a difference in a young person life? We are currently seeking to recruit two Support Workers to join our amazing team. We are looking for a warm and supportive female who can deliver person-centred care & support to Annie a bubbly, intelligent, sociable 20-year-old young lady who has physical disabilities. Annie has a full and varied life and is looking for someone with a great sense of fun.

Hours: 40 plus 14hrs nightshift  (hours are negotiable)

Shifts: overnight 7pm-8am. 

Day shifts 12-7pm / 9am-7pm 

 Four weekly rotas 

Wage: £11.00 per hour

Duties will include Night shifts: You will be required to carry out Personal care/ showering, hoisting, dressing & staying overnight (bed available) to assist turning and making comfortable throughout the night as & when needed.

Day shifts will be supporting Annie to live her independent life, socialising, swimming, going to cinema, eating out, shopping, walking her dog. some light housework will be done throughout the week. 

Applicants must be: We are looking for someone who is committed and reliable and happy to work on a one-to-one basis with Annie, you must be female and a non-smoker, training in manual handling will be desirable but full training can be provided.

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

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Personal Assistant Job reference 1758

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Job description: A Mum having long term physical disability with constant pain, is seeking a dedicated, honest, punctual, compassionate, experienced, professional personal assistant who can carry out housekeeping duties and thorough cleaning. The Personal Assistant’s role is to help the employer to live the way she chooses. This means that the successful applicant will work with the employer to understand and respond positively to any reasonable request for assistance.

Personal Development: To undertake any training relevant to the post e.g. First Aid, Food Hygiene, Health and Safety, Infection Control training will be provided.

Rate of Pay: £10.42 per hour. Holiday pay will be on a pro rota basis of hours worked.

Working Hours: 2 hours per day on weekends. and to cover school holidays 6 days a week, 2 hours per day. Some flexibility in working times can be discussed further at interview, if required.

The successful applicant will be subject to references and disclosure and barring checks.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 232

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:

• An understanding of the service needs and rights of people with disabilities.
• An understanding of health and safety issues in the work place.
• A knowledge of equal opportunities/diversity
• Ability to promote independence and encourage individuals to live life as independently as possible.
• Able to communicate ideas and information in a comprehensive manner, both in writing and verbally.
• Willingness to learn and improve own skill base.
• Able to work on own initiative in order to meet tenants needs
• Ability to enable and motivate tenants to take part in their local community
• Be confident in working alone as well as part of a team
• Able to work additional hours when necessary
• To be a driver with access to personal transport and be covered by business insurance
• Able to work flexibly and undertake shifts and unsociable hours as required.
• Willingness to provide personal care as required for client base.
• Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care

 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.

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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: £10.42 per hour

Must be reliable, show initiative, flexible, trustworthy, and able to maintain confidentiality.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 427

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: Personal Assistant required to deliver all aspects of care to profoundly disabled 26-year-old female. 

Hours: 32.5 a week 

Wage: £10.42

Duties will include: All aspects of personal care. and assisting with social activities.

Applicants must be: Able to work flexibly be reliable and punctual non smoker,

Preferred: Car driver

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Personal Assistant Job reference 543

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.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 559

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Job Type: Personal Assistant

Description: Personal assistant required to support a gentleman in his own home and to go about his day. The job will be to assist him to go to the gym, meals out, support to go to medical appointments and shopping for clothes and food. There will opportunities to support the man to go away for the weekend to places London, Newcastle, Scotland. 

Duties: Preparing meals, personal care including showering and hair washing, supporting the man in and out of the standing frame, shopping and housework. As discussed it is to support the man to use public transport and be out in the community. 

Rate: £10.42 per hour

Hours: 15-20 hours per week ideally but less hours would be considered.  Hours to be worked are generally between 12.30pm to 10pm for around 3 hours a shift. Staff are required everyday of the week but can have 2 days off per week as a minimum. The employer has some flexibility which can be discussed at interview. This employer has some regular bank hours available to cover holidays/sickness but has more available at the moment to cover a staff absence.

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Personal Assistant job reference 600

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

West Park Village Area. 

A lady in her early 70's but feels like a 40-year-old, is looking for a personal assistant for some planned sickness cover and holiday cover initially but possibly more permanent hours in the future . 

The lady enjoys life, is easy going, laid back with a good sense of humour. She is looking for support to assist her doing craft fairs, shopping and other leisure activities.  The worker will be required to do domestic work, meal preparation and some personal care including washing her hair. 

Essential: Non-smoker

Desirable: She would like someone who would go swimming with her, but it is not essential to get in the pool. 

Hours: Up to 31 hours per week but this can be discussed with the employer. Flexibility can be offered for the right candidate. 

Rate of pay: £11 per hour initially during probationary period progressing to £11.50 on successful completion of probation period. 

Training will be available. 

Post subject to satisfactory DBS and references. 

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Personal Assistant Job reference 6322

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.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 638

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Looking for immediate start.

Zero hours contract/bank staff to cover holidays and sickness. Do you want to earn extra money in the run up to Christmas and beyond?

A great opportunity for a caring natured person.

Personal Assistant required to support a young at heart, mostly independent, gentleman in his own home around domestic duties, meal planning and preparation. You would be supported by the gentleman's family to get to know this very sociable, fun-loving guy who loves puzzles and getting out and about. The role is mostly supervisory and encouragement, he likes the assurance he is doing the job right, therefore, someone who has patience and a natural caring nature would be considered.

The contract type is zero hours, however, there is immediate current availability of 8 hours available over the weekend and 4 hours available on a Wednesday after 3.30pm.

All hours are negotiable.

Wage: £10.42 per hour

Duties will include support around preparing meals and pack lunches. Support and supervision with domestic duties, including laundry. ironing.

Applicants must be patient, reliable and punctual, non-smoker.

Full description of role and flexibility of hours of support will be discussed at interview.

If you are interested and would like more information contact by email price.cheryl@outlook.com or apply via this website. 

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Personal Assistant Job reference 682

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. 

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Personal Assistant Job reference 6834

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Area: West Park

Description: We are looking for a caring and trustworthy person to support our lovely 6-year-old little boy to access the community and support with his interests.

Hours: 6 hours per week on a flexible basis

Rate of Pay: £11.00 per hour

Duties will include: Attending social activities, personal care, help with mealtimes. One to one  supervision of our child will be required at all times.

Applicants must be: Fun, caring, outgoing and reliable. They will need to be able to drive and have access to their own vehicle.

All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS check. Full Training will be provided.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 7255

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Are you a kind, supportive and caring person?   Do you want to make a difference in a young person life?

Description: A 14-year-old boy in the Darlington area is looking for a Personal Assistant to support him to access the community.

Hours: 6 hours a week with possible increase.

Rate of Pay: £10.42 to start. This will be reviewed after 12-week probationary period.

Duties will include: Support to access the community, maintain safety, build confidence and life skills.

Applicants must be: Trustworthy, reliable and flexible.

All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS check. Opportunities to access free training will be provided.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 7686

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

Area: Eston

Description: Seeking a personal assistant who has experience in mental health as I have depression and anxiety. I would prefer someone with a mature attitude as my physical and mental health problems are complicated. I would need a non-smoker and someone who has a driver’s licence. I am currently living with my Gran (but plan to move) who has dementia so experience and knowledge with this would be a bonus. Lastly, I have a cat so an animal lover is a must.

Hours: 6 hrs per week. The hours will be split over 4 calls per week consisting of 2 calls of 2 hours and 2 calls of 1 hour. Calls will be on an afternoon and one of these 1 hour calls will need to be worked on a Sunday.  

Wage: £10.42 per hour

Duties will include: Some cleaning, making main meals, the weekly supermarket shop, assistance in getting to appointments and hopefully assistance in spending a little time outdoors in the future and a walk.

Applicants must be: A driver with access to own vehicle and be a non-smoker. They need to be honest, reliable, flexible, have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.

Successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 7872

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

South Park Area of Darlington

Do you want to make a difference to a 19-year-old gentleman’s life, to support him to be the best he can be and enable him to live life as independently as he can? 

Hours: 16 hours per week, to be worked flexibly, hours will be spread over the week Monday to Saturday.

Wage: £10.42 per hour - rate will be reviewed following completion of a successful probationary period.                             

Duties will include: To support the man with social opportunities, travel training, shopping skills, managing and maintaining home skills, cooking, food planning and prep, budgeting skills and accessing college. 

Applicants must be:  Flexible, honest, reliable and able to show initiative.

An understanding and knowledge in Autism and anxiety would be beneficial.

Great opportunities available for the successful person to access free training in many fields.

All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced disclosure and barring check (DBS). 

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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.

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Personal Assistant required Ref 6231

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

£10.50/ hour. Flexible working. Minimum 6 hours/ week. Additional hours and one waking night per month also available. Immediate start.

We are looking for an exceptional person to join our team of carers in the role of personal assistant for a young man living with muscular dystrophy. This 14 year old young man lives in Darlington with his parents and a small, very cute dog. He attends mainstream school locally, uses a powered wheelchair, plays powerchair football nationally, enjoys time with his friends, festivals, camping, holidays and city breaks.

Are you a warm, fun and bright individual with a passion for care and supporting others to live their best life? We are looking for someone to provide 6 hours of care and support to make a real difference to a young man, broadening his horizons, developing his independence and supporting him to access leisure activities and engage in activities in the community. This might include walks, going to the cinema, to café’s and restaurants, to events locally and live music events.

This young man needs some level of support with all aspects of personal care, including toileting, showering and dressing, taking medication and meal preparation. Carers use a range of equipment to aid with personal care and transfers including a slide board, ceiling hoist and mobile hoist. Full training will be provided.

Minimum 6 hours per week

To cover one of the following shifts each week.

Thursday evening 3pm – 9pm, Friday evening 3pm – 9pm, Saturdays 10 – 4pm or 4pm to 10pm

Monthly waking night 3pm until 10am (19 hours) (Friday or Saturday)

Additional hours available:

Weekday mornings (term time) 7am – 9am

Weekday evenings (term time) 3pm – 6pm (or 9pm)

School holidays Monday to Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm

You should have a full, clean driving licence and will have access to our fully insured mobility vehicle. It is a large wheelchair accessible vehicle, so some confidence driving and parking a larger vehicle would be useful. This will always be available for all activities and transport to and from school. 

Your workload may also include some household chores for the individual and supporting them with making food and snacks and to follow a healthy diet, and also enabling the young man to enjoy time with his small, excitable dog. This is a lovely opportunity to make a difference to a young man and his family in a positive, warm environment. We welcome interest from all backgrounds and experience, as all training will be provided. We are a neuro diverse friendly family.

All successful applicants will be subject to references and DBS check.

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