Darlington Association on Disability

BANK Personal Assistant Job Reference 2043

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.

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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: £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.

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DASH Play Worker

Job Type: DAD

We are recruiting Play Workers for our holiday play schemes – DASH

DASH Playschemes, our play and leisure schemes, run during school holidays and offer a range of fun and exciting activities and trips for children and young people aged 3 - 25 years.

Play Workers enable disabled and non-disabled children to access inclusive play opportunities in a fun and safe environment, whilst supporting individual requirements.

You must be over 18 years old and be available to work during the school holidays

Experienced and/or qualified or working towards a qualification in childcare / play work preferred

Based at premises in Darlington and outreach work to take children on outings.

Hours of work:            9.00am to 4.30pm (2 or 3 days per week) during school holidays

Rate of Pay:               £10.42 per hour plus £1.26 holiday allowance per hour

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DASH Senior Play Worker

Job Type: DAD

We are recruiting Senior Play Workers for our holiday play schemes – DASH

DASH Playschemes, our play and leisure schemes, run during school holidays and offer a range of fun and exciting activities and trips for children and young people aged 3 - 25 years.

Senior Play Workers enable disabled and non-disabled children to access inclusive play opportunities in a fun and safe environment, whilst supporting individual requirements.

You must be over 18 years old and be available to work during the school holidays

Relevant experience in working with children and young people (minimum of two years) essential

Based at premises in Darlington and outreach work to take children on outings.

Hours of work:            9.00am to 4.30pm (2 or 3 days per week) during school holidays

Rate of Pay:               £10.72 per hour plus £1.19 per hour holiday allowance

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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 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.

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Finance/Project Administrator

Job Type: DAD

Darlington Association on Disability’s Direct Payment Support Service has an exciting opportunity for you to join the team

We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed, and motivated person to support the service with payroll and finance tasks whilst at the same time making a difference in your local community

37.5 hours per week - £22,425 to £23,400 per annum

About us….

The service supports over 600 disabled people and carers across the Tees Valley who use a direct payment.  We provide a comprehensive, high quality direct payments support service which is highly valued by the people who we support. 

About you…..

• All of our team work closely together and so a real team spirit is needed
• Customer service is really important to us, therefore you’ll need to be great with people, follow processes and meet specific timescales to get the job done
• You’ll have experience that demonstrates your use of IT systems.
• A working knowledge of payroll (HMRC, auto enrolment, statutory payments etc) and finance systems is preferable.
• Training will be available in developing payroll skills

DAD is a flexible, supportive employer with training opportunities available. 

And….

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays pro rata increasing by one day per year after 3 years’ service (max 30 days plus bank hols)
• An employee assistance programme (i.e. confidential financial and legal advice and a counselling line)
• Pension scheme

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Personal Assistant - Job Reference 1329

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.

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Personal Assistant - Job Reference 248

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

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Personal Assistant - Job Reference 3320

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.

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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 577

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

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 2036

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.

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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 3115

Job Type: Darlington (PA's)

Area: Firthmoor, Darlington

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.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 3182

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. 

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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 3706

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.

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Personal Assistant Job reference 4597

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.

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Personal Assistant Job Reference 502

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. 

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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: £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.

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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 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: £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.

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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 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 779

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.

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