Darlington Association on Disability

DAD Personal Assistant - Driver

Job Type: DAD

The Independent Living Hub is looking for a Personal Assistant - Driver to provide a high-quality vehicle service by transporting disabled people and carers, using our wheelchair accessible vehicle or your own vehicle where applicable.  They will also, to assist with practical and personal tasks, supporting individuals to access The Hub, meetings, training, education, social, leisure, voluntary opportunities, and employment.  This will include providing support of a personal nature.

The Personal Assistant will be required to produce and oversee sessions for groups of people that are suitable to their individuals needs, that are engaging, stimulating, educational and are in line with personal choice and support requirements.  A Personal Assistant should understand that their role, is doing things with people not for people, whilst always working to the Social Model of Disability.

Given the nature of the job role, we would prefer candidates to be double vaccinated against Covid.

An experienced driver and clean driving licence is essential 

The successful candidate should be dependable, respectful, courteous, well mannered, smart appearance, able to maintain confidentiality, ability to work with all of the people that we support and treat people equally.  Previous experience of working with disabled people and a good level of literacy and numeracy is essential

Grade:  £9.50 per hour

Hours:  15 hours per week minimum

Holidays:  25 days per annum pro rata (increasing by one day after 3 years service to 30 days) plus bank holidays

Benefits:  Company pension, Employee Assistance Programme, generous sick pay

NB: All successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Click below for an application form or send a CV to judith.gledhill@darlingtondisability.org

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Disability Access and Information Officer

Job Type: DAD

DAD are looking to recruit a Disability Access and Information Officer to raise awareness and understanding of the barriers faced by disabled people when accessing the community, goods, services, and information and advice and influence change to improve access for disabled people. 

Grade/Salary:                       £19,484 to £20,420 depending on experience

Hours:                                  30 hours per week

Holidays:                              25 days per annum pro rata (increasing by one day after 3 years service to 30 days) plus bank holidays

Other:                                    Employee Assistance Programme, Sickness Scheme, Company Pension

Objective of the Post:          To raise awareness and understanding of the barriers faced by disabled people when accessing the community, goods, services, and information and advice and influence change to improve access for disabled people. 

The post would involve working with planners, developers, and decision makers to ensure developments / changes to physical environment are as accessible as possible for disabled people; other organisations and agencies to ensure that disabled people have equal access to information, advice, and support.  It would also include supporting disabled people to challenge decisions that affect their ability to access the community, goods, services, and information and advice, and working with the Towns Fund team at Darlington Borough Council on all relevant projects.

We are looking for someone with experience in working with and supporting disabled people to achieve personal goals, and has the knowledge of the Social Model of Disability and principles of equal opportunities.  Excellent communication skills on an individual and group basis and the ability to relate to a wide cross section of people is essential.

The following qualifications would be preferable: relevant qualification in a building discipline, rights-based qualification, and training qualifications as well as experience of design or audit of accessible environments.

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Female Personal Assistant 1271

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

Area: Central Redcar 

Description: Personal Assistant needed 1 day a week to help a lady with personal care and meals.

Duties: Meal preparation and supporting the lady to eat and use the toilet.

Essential: Must like dogs.

Hours: 5 hours 1 day a week (the day and time worked is flexible)

Rate of pay: £9.50 per hour

The role requires close personal contact with an individual who is extremely vulnerable to the risk of infection and disease transmission. Preference may be given to applicants who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. However, careful consideration will be given to applicants who can show the vaccination is not suitable for them on reasonable grounds.

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

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Female Personal Assistant - Job Reference 5788

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: To support a young autistic child with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) profile to access the community and build their confidence.

Hours: 5 hours per week, Days and times are flexible. Support is expected to be mainly during the week, but with possible weekends..

Wage: £9.50 per hour

Duties will include: To build up a relationship with the young person and gain their trust, eventually support will be to go out in the community and support with their interests. Some support with personal care will be required.

Essential: Applicants must have experience of working with autistic children. They need to be reliable, flexible and trustworthy.

Training and support will be given to the successful candidate.

Successful applicant 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 266

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: A personal assistant required to support two children in the family home. 

Duties: The role is to support a mum with her teenager who has complex needs and her younger brother. Support will be for bathing, personal care and meal times.

Rate: £9.50 per hour 

Hours: 10 hours per week. It will be worked 2.5 hours each shift on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays approximately 4pm to 6.30pm

Advertised in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. 

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Female Personal Assistant Job reference 356

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

Area: Central Redcar

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 and general household duties. 

She is looking for support to help her with her daily needs. The lady herself is well educated and has a zest for life. The ideal person will be willing to support the lady to achieve her life goals.

Typical care duties are wide ranging. The job revolves around helping the lady with her immediate needs.

Duties: include assisting to maintain her personal hygiene, including assistance with washing and dressing, as well as helping with basic day-to-day tasks within the home, alongside administrative tasks such as paying bills. However, the care role also includes getting to know the lady personally and providing emotional support and company, which will contribute positively to her wellbeing. The personal assistant for this lady will also extend to helping her to take part in leisure activities therefore, duties vary substantially so that no two days are the same.

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 which can be job shared. A suitable job share could be:

Post 1: 20 hrs per week 8am – 6pm x 2 weekdays (i.e. Monday to Friday)

Post 2: 18 hrs per week - 8am – 6pm x 1 weekday (i.e. Monday to Friday) plus 9.30am to 5.30pm Saturdays.

Post 3: 5.5 hrs per week for 4 bedtime calls 8.30pm to 10pm (1 call per week will be only an hour). This may particularly suit a person living within the local area.

Post 4: Bank work to cover holidays and sickness

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 5328

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

Area: Central Redcar 

Description: Support is required for a 14-year-old child to access the community, promote their independence and life experiences. They enjoy bowling, dancing, singing, and performing arts. The person is independent with their mobility but may need slight assistance when tired.

Hours: 4 hours term time and 8 hours during school holidays per week. Times/days can be discussed at interview.

Wage: £9.50 per hour

Duties will include: Support around hygiene and using the toilet. Maintaining safety and providing an opportunity of experiences that are around interests. This may include activities as above or accessing local shops, walks and parks.

Applicants must be: Reliable, trustworthy and honest.

No experience needed as support and training will be given. Access to additional training available.

All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS check before they can start. 

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

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Female Personal Assistant(s) 5931

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Area: Darlington town centre area

Support is for a lady in her own home, there will be some personal care, light domestic duties, laundry, and meal preparation

Duties will include: prompting and support around personal care, as well as support to prepare breakfast and evening meal, also to ensure that medication is taken.

Hours: 8 hours per week to be worked flexibly, 1 hour in the morning between 8 – 10 am and 1 hour at teatime between 3.30 – 5.30 pm 4 days a week, including weekends

Rate of Pay: £9.50 per hour. 

Essential: Cooking skills and a full clean driving licence. 

Applicants must be: Reliable, flexible, patient, friendly and able to use their own initiative.

Successful applicants may 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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Independent Advocate

Job Type: DAD

DAD (Centre for Independent Living) is seeking to recruit an Independent Advocate who is passionate about advocacy and upholding and safeguarding the rights of people we support. 

All candidates must be committed to the values of equality, empowerment and supporting people to have their voice heard when decisions are being made about their lives.  If you think you have the right experience, values, drive and enthusiasm needed for this role, and in turn DAD will provide a team environment, with excellent support and conditions.

Experience and qualifications in advocacy is preferred. 

Salary: £11.38 – £12.71 per hour depending on Qualifications and Experience

Please note: The  Higher pay scales will be awarded to successful applicants who are in possession of a Diploma in advocacy including  IMCA and IMHA units. The starting rate will be based on existing advocacy experience and any advocacy qualification already achieved.

Hours: Full time/part time hours available

Location: Based at the offices of Darlington Association on Disability (travel is expected across the Borough of Darlington, Tees Valley and regular travel to other areas in the North East.) Home working is also  expected during COVID restrictions and will be considered as part of your role outside of restrictions.

Holidays: 25 days per annum (pro rata if less than 37.5), Bank Holidays, entitlement increases with length of service up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.

Travel: A travel allowance is payable for travel in connection with the post

Other: A competitive sick scheme is available after the necessary qualifying period. Employee Assistance Scheme

Please note:  Due to the nature of the role, all applicants should be fully vaccinated for Covid (ie double vaccinated and booster)

To provide a range of types of advocacy support (subject to current training), including:

• Relevant Person’s Representative, for people who are subject to a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Independent Mental Health Advocacy, for people subject to the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Care Act Advocacy
• Independent Mental Capacity Act advocacy.
• General advocacy
• Specialist mental health advocacy
• Self advocacy facilitation

The role will involve supporting people to speak for themselves, to be fully involved in the decisions and processes that affect their lives, to obtain information and to understand their options and rights.  The role will also involve non instructed advocacy for people who are not able to give their views.

* All advocates will be expected to complete National Advocacy Qualifications which will be funded by DAD and completed within agreed timescales, some home study is expected. Where an advocate is not in possession of the Diploma in advocacy the lower rate will apply.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications.

Please note only successful applicants will be contacted for interview.

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Personal Assistant - Job Reference 403

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: Personal assistant required to support a young man with learning difficulties in his own home.

Duties: Support him with housework accessing the community, shopping, and making sure he attends to his personal hygiene.

Hours: 16 to 20 hours per week

Working Pattern: Flexible to be discussed

Rate: £9.50 per hour 

Essential: Car driver, confident, resilient, trustworthy, honest and have experience working with people with learning disabilities.

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Personal Assistant - Job Reference 4117

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

Description: Support required for an autistic lady in the Saltburn area who also has ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

Hours: 9 per week

Wage: £9.50 per hour

Duties will include: Support with correspondence, organising appointments, telephone calls, meetings and sometimes attending appointments with the person. Also meal planning and some food preparation, as well as household and some domestic support.

Applicants must be: Reliable, flexible, trustworthy, calm and be able to show initiative.

Successful applicants will undergo references and enhanced DBS criminal records check.

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Personal Assistant - Job Reference 447

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Personal Assistant & bank support staff required for a lady who loves a variety of crafts.   

Duties are to provide support with personal care, medication, meal preparation, as well as light domestic duties. 

Hours: Monday - Friday, except bank holidays for 12 hours per week 

 Rate: National minimum wage requirement for trial period only, if successful after trial period an increase to £10 per hour. 

Essential: The P.A must be caring reliable, trustworthy and compassionate. DBS check is a must but will be paid for by the employer.

Preferable:  A driver preferred but not essential. No previous experience is necessary, full training would be given.

  This is a pet free home.

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Personal Assistant - Job Reference 5018

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

Description: This role is to support for a 15-year-old boy to access the community. He loves to go out on walks and with his scooter to the local park, nature reserve, woods and walking along the beach. The young man does not communicate verbally.

Hours: 5 hours per week during term time and 7 hours per week during school holidays. To work Friday after school or a Saturday. Employer is happy to be flexible between the 2 days.

Wage: £9.50 per hour

Duties will include: Support with personal care, accessing the community (but avoiding shops and large crowds) whilst offering reassurance and always maintaining his safety. The worker will have Mum’s guidance on managing his diet and other needs.

Applicants must be: reliable, patient and trustworthy.

Experience preferable. 

Training opportunities are available at no cost to the worker.

All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 1344

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: Personal assistant required to support a gentleman to access the community and with transport.

Hours – 16 hours per week

Wage: £9.50 per hour           

Duties will include support to access the community, he likes drives out in the car and days out locally.

Applicants must be: Reliable, honest, trustworthy, have access to own vehicle and a clean driving licence.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 2036

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: To support a lady in her own home with general day to day activities 

Duties: Includes social support, some domestic support to help keep her home clean, cooking meals with the person and support to go to appointments.

Hours: 12 hour on a Wednesday 9am to 9pm plus absence cover for other staff member Monday 9am - 5pm, Fri 9am - 5pm,Sun 11am - 7pm

Rate of Pay: National minimum wage 

Essential: Reliable, trustworthy, good communicator, can show initiative, be supportive and can prompt person. A driver required who has access to their own vehicle during work times. 

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Personal Assistant Job reference 2923

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

TS10 5 Dormanstown

Personal assistant required to work part time work with a young disabled lady, living at home independently.

Hours – Up to 22 hours per week, job share considered. If you are interested in the post but can not do all the hours, please state on the application form how many hours you could do. Some calls will be needed for personal care in the morning and at bedtime. Hours and duties to be undertaken to be discussed at interview.

Wage: £9.50 per hour

Duties will include: Food preparation, personal care, gardening, general cleaning and laundry, lifting and carrying of items, social interaction and assisting in accessing the community  

Although no formal qualifications are required, knowledge and experience in personal care would be preferred.

Training in moving and handling, food hygiene, first aid, infection control and fire safety is necessary but full training can be provided.

Own transport would be an advantage but not essential as good bus route access.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 2966

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: Personal assistant required to support a 10 year old girl with complex needs. She has a loving nature; she does not communicate verbally.

Duties: To support the child in her family home and in the community. There is some personal care, PEG feeding, manual handling including the use of a hoist is needed.

Rate: £9.50 per hour 

Hours per week: 16 hours a week – to be worked flexibly over a week and will involve some hours on a weekend.

Essential Criteria: Applicant must have a caring personality, patience and be flexible. Willing to learn.

Desirable Criteria: Relevant experience is desired but not essential as full training will be given.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 3350

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Support for a lady in her own home in a rural location 3 miles out of central Darlington.

Duties: Personal care, support with appointments, changing beds, food preparation and manual handling.

Essential criteria: Must be a driver, a dog lover and game for a laugh.

Hours: 17 per week but can be flexible – times and days to be discussed with employer

Wage: £9.88 plus 5.6 weeks paid holiday entitlement per year

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 357

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: Support required for a happy, fun and energetic young female with ASD and additional needs in the Darlington area.

Duties: Support to maintain structure, supporting the development of independent living skills and to assist with social activities inside and outside of the home. Interests include singing nursery rhymes, walks, play parks, soft play and day trips out to places of interest.

Hours: 5 hours per week, over the weekend to be discussed at interview, timings are flexible. Hours may increase during school holidays. Some sleepovers may be required in the future but this is flexible.

Rate: £9.50 per hour.

Essential Criteria:  Applicant must be reliable, energetic, friendly and supportive. Being comfortable with dogs essential.

Desirable Criteria: Experience with ASD and supporting communication preferred, but not essential. Access to own transport would be highly desirable.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 3592

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

Description: Support required for a very active 7 year old boy in the Redcar area. Support is to access the community and also to go to the beach, swimming and soft play.

Hours: 5 hours per week during term time. 8 hours per week in school holidays.

Wage: £9.50 per hour

Duties will include: Needs adults supporting him to use reduced language and time to process what they’re saying to him.  To ensure child is safe whilst supporting to access activities.

Applicants must be: Patient, reliable honest and trustworthy, Knowledge of Positive support behaviour strategies an advantage and knowledge of Autism.

The successful applicant will undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to starting.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 4727

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Area: Coatham Mundeville

Description: Support is for an 8 year old boy to access the community and also to provide support at home with his family and on days out. This will include trips to the cinema and local attractions.  

Hours – 8 hours per week during school holidays and 8 hours per month during term time

Wage: 9.50 per hour 

Essential Criteria: Being a patient and understanding person. Reliable and trustworthy.

A knowledge of Makaton with a full clean driving licence with access to own transport is preferable

All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced criminal records bureau check.  

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 477

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

An opportunity has arisen to work as a Personal Assistant to support a man with cerebral palsy to access social opportunities in the community with some personal care. The Direct Payments User is a Cantonese speaker but is fluent in English.

Duties: As personal assistant you would support me to access social opportunities such as shopping and day trips out to places of interest. However, this may need adapting due to the current covid situation. Support would include helping to push my wheelchair and provide the companionship needed to get me out and about. Training in manual handling would be preferable, however full training can be arranged.

Hours: 8 hours per week which will be worked 2 weekdays each week and/or occasionally evenings or weekends. 

Rate: £9.50 per hour plus mileage.

Candidates must: Be creative, motivated, friendly and reliable. Some experience working with disabled adults preferred. Full clean driving licence with access to a vehicle that can be used to transport the person is required.

Successfully candidates will need to provide references and a suitable enhanced DBS check paid for by the employer.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 502

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Low Coniscliffe Area

Personal Assistant required to support an 18 year old gentleman before and after school/college.

Hours: 22.5 per week (would consider reduced hours). Monday to Friday 7.30am to 9am and 3.30pm to 6.30pm. 

Rate of Pay: £10 per hour 

Duties: Personal care which includes 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. 

Fully Covid vaccinated applicants would be particularly welcomed.  

All successful applicants will undergo refence and enhanced criminal records (DBS) checks. 

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 5362

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

 Area - Skelton

Description: PA required to support a child to build his independence, confidence and maintain his safety.

Duties will include: Accessing the community like visiting local trampoline parks, bowling, swimming, parks, beach and nature sites

Hours: 3 hours per week term time, 6 hours per week school holidays, preferably weekends but flexible to times and days.

Wage: £9.50 per hour 

Applicants must be: reliable and trustworthy. 

Applicants with a knowledge of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) would be preferable but not essential as training will be given.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 5422

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: £9.50 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.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 571

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: 1 or possibly 2 female PAs required to support an 11 year old girl.  'Permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010'

Hours per week: There are 24 hours available per week but if preferred applicants can apply for either the just evening shifts or just the overnight shift or both.

Shift pattern: Two12 hour waking nights

Some additional hours during school holidays may be required/available, flexibility is required.

Wage Rate: National Minimum Wage 

Duties included: Personal care, assistance with medication and feeds, play, exercise and also walks.

Essential Criteria:  Applicants must be kind, patient, trustworthy and reliable. Some experience with people who have complex needs is essential e.g. peg feeds, epilepsy.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Desirable: Some experience with disabled children would be preferred.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 5764

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

Area: Loftus

Description: Looking for a personal assistant to support a 10-year boy to access the community. He likes drawing, going to outdoors spaces, trampolining and going to the beach.

Hours: 3 hours a week

Wage: £9.50 per hour             

Duties will include: to support a young child to access the community, maintain his safety and encourage independence and social understanding.

Applicants must be: Reliable and trustworthy. They need to have a basic understanding of autism spectrum disorder. 

All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS check.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 5816

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

A personal assistant/support worker is required to support a teenager to access various activities including LGBT groups. 

There will be support needed around independent living skills (more details given at interview).  Duties will also include going for walks and taking the young person to groups.

The ideal applicant should have broad communication skills, have the ability to listen and be guided by the young person. 

Hours: 10 hours per week (may lead to more hours)

Hourly rate: £9.50 per hour

Must be: Able to maintain confidentiality and have a supportive nature. 

Access to own transport is preferred.

The successful applicant will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and references.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 585

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: 9.50 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.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 633

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: A PA is required to support a young 38 year old gentleman who has Autism, to access the community. His interests are music, playing snooker, going to local music attractions and venues. The man has a great sense of humour.

Duties: Prompts around personal care and supporting the man with his interests in the community. 

Hours: 10 hours per week

Wage: 9.50 per hour

Applicants must be: good humoured, flexible, supportive, reliable, trustworthy, up for laugh.

A driver with access to own vehicle is preferred. Mileage paid.

Training and support will be given to successful applicants .

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 638

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: Personal assistants (job share) needed to support a gentleman in his own home around personal care, domestic duties, meal planning and preparation.

Hours:
Mon   7-8 am and 4-5 pm
Tue   7-8am and 8-9pm
Wed   7-8am and 3.30-6.30pm then 8-9 pm
Thur   7-8am and 4-5pm
Fri   7-8am and 8-9pm
Sat   7-8am and 5-6pm then 8-9pm
Sun   7-10am and 5-6pm then 8-9pm

Evening times of support, full description and any flexibility of hours of support will be discussed at interview.

Wage: £9.50 per hour to start.

Duties will include:
Supervising with showers, supporting with daily wet shave, ensuring clothes are clean and appropriate. Support around preparing meals and packed lunches. Support with meal planning, shopping, and batch cooking. Support and supervision with domestic duties. Support with laundry.

Applicants must be:
Patient, reliable and punctual. Non-Smoker.

Car driver with access to own vehicle is essential.

All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced criminal records bureau check. 

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Personal Assistant Job reference 682

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Description: Support required for a lady within her home and community.

Duties:  Meal preparation, cleaning, shopping, support to access the community, driving.

Rate: £9.50 per hour

Hours: 14 per week (Friday Morning 4 hours, Saturdays and Sundays 12pm to 5pm). Holiday cover may be available of up to 24 hours per week.

Applicants must have: full clean driving licence, employer has their own vehicle which they will be required to drive. 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 779

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

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 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: £9.50 per hour 

Hours: 1 sleepover and 4-5 hours per week with possibility for additional hours to cover holidays and sickness. You will be working with an established team, candidate needs to be flexible. To be discussed at interview.

A full clean driving licence is preferred, as person has their own vehicle to use in accessing the community and requires personal assistant 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 if you have been successfully shortlisted for an interview.

Successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS Check.

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Personal Assistant Ref 5190

Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)

Post code - Area -  GUISBOROUGH

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

Description: PA to work 2-1 (to maintain her safety due to high anxieties), 3 hours a week to support a 16-year-old girl in the Redcar area to access local activities and build socialising skills and independence.

Hours – 3 hours per week but may increase

Wage: 9.50 per hour              

Duties will include: to work alongside another personal assistant to support a young girl, who has not been able to access the community for over 4 years and has high anxiety, need reassurance and PA with patients and understanding of autism a benefit.

Applicants must be be able to drive, must have access to own vehicle.

The successful applicant will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Apply online for Personal Assistant Ref 5190

Trainee Advocate

Job Type: DAD

DAD (Centre for Independent Living) is seeking to recruit an Trainee Advocate who is passionate about advocacy and upholding and safeguarding the rights of people we support. 

The role will involve supporting people to speak for themselves, to be fully involved in the decisions and processes that affect their lives, to obtain information and to understand their options and rights.  

This training post would provide an incredible opportunity for the right candidate and would include fully funded training to achieve a level 4 diploma National Advocacy Qualification and completed within agreed timescales, some home study is expected. As qualifications are achieved and experience gained, salary will increase accordingly to £12.71 per hour.

All candidates must show they value equality, empowerment and supporting people to have their voice heard when decisions are being made about their lives.  If you think you have the right experience, values, drive and enthusiasm needed for this role, and in turn DAD will provide a team environment, with excellent support and conditions.

Salary: £10.50 - £11.38 per hour depending on Qualifications and Experience

Please note: The  Higher pay scales will be awarded to successful applicants who are in possession of a Diploma in advocacy/experience in advocacy. The starting rate will be based on any existing advocacy experience and/or advocacy qualification already achieved.

Hours: Full time/part time hours available

Location: Based at the offices of Darlington Association on Disability (travel is expected across the Borough of Darlington, Tees Valley and regular travel to other areas in the North East.) 

Holidays: 25 days per annum (pro rata if less than 37.5), Bank Holidays, entitlement increases with length of service up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.

Travel: A travel allowance is payable for travel in connection with the post

Other: A competitive sick scheme is available after the necessary qualifying period. Employee Assistance Scheme

Please note:  Due to the nature of the role, all applicants should be fully vaccinated for Covid (ie double vaccinated and booster)

You will be trained to provide a range of types of advocacy support (subject to current training), including:

• Relevant Person’s Representative, for people who are subject to a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Independent Mental Health Advocacy, for people subject to the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Care Act Advocacy
• Independent Mental Capacity Act advocacy.
• General advocacy
• Specialist mental health advocacy
• Self advocacy facilitation

We reserve the right to close the vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications.

Please note only successful applicants will be contacted for interview.

Apply online for Trainee Advocate