Personal Assistants/Support Workers Vacancies
If you would rather apply to our PA register to log your interest and availability to work for employers in the Redcar and Cleveland area, and/or Darlington follow this link - https://www.darlingtondisability.org/pa-register/
Joining the PA register is a quick and simple way of being considered for any of our vacancies, sometimes even before they have been formally advertised. One application is all you need in the first instance and if invited for interview(s) we will provide you with a more in depth application form.
Click here for more information about what is a Personal Assistant and our PA register https://www.darlingtondisability.org/direct-payment/what-is-a-pa
Vacancies
The following vacancies are advertised directly by the disabled person (or person on their behalf) who receives support from our Direct Payment Support Services. Darlington Association on Disability (DAD) is not the employer.
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Female Personal Assistant Job Reference 10827
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Description: A lady is wanting support to access the community for 2-3 hours a week
Hours –.2-3 hours a week flexible, preferably on a Tuesday afternoon.
Wage: 12.21 per hour and mileage will be paid by the employer
Duties will include: Driving to locations and supporting with accessing events, may include going swimming, local activities and events, shopping, walking, social trips out for coffee, garden centre visits etc.
Applicants must be: Patient, reliable, show initiative, be a driver and have access to their own vehicle
All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS check.
Apply online for Female Personal Assistant Job Reference 10827
Job Title: Personal Assistant 8369
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Post code - TS Area – Redcar Loftus
Description: A man in the Loftus is looking for Personal Assistants to support him Monday to Friday for 3 hours a day.
Hours: 7.5 hours a week, they can be some flexibility with this, of times and days per week.
To work alongside another carer, they would they be expected to cover each other’s holidays , also cover sickness, if possible
Wage: £12.21
Duties will include: Support around preparing weekly medication, receiving weekly food delivery, support with laundry, kitchen tasks, weekly cleaning of bathroom and kitchen. Changing bedding weekly and supporting the gentleman with making phone calls. Most of the role involves collaboration with the gentleman, as he struggles with some day-to-day activities and some tasks he is unable to do when his carers are not present.
Additionally - a driving licences and access to a vehicle would be helpful - as the support could also includes taking the gentleman to the local swimming pool and to local NHS appointments or similar.
Training - will be given by the employer so that PA’s can be clear on what support is needed. Experience of using a wheelchair would be useful btu not essential. Applicants must be: Honest, trustworthy and reliable
All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced DBS check.
Apply online for Job Title: Personal Assistant 8369
Personal (Support/Care) Assistant Job Reference Number 9511
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Area: Skelton
Personal Assistant required to support a lively 6-year-old both in her own home in Skelton and in the community, enabling her to access local play areas, soft play, swimming and senses CIC, she requires assistance with personal care, mealtimes and personal safety.
Hours – 6hrs per week term time preferably 4 hrs Saturday and 2hrs one weeknight.
8hrs school holidays preferably 4hrs Saturday and 4hrs one weekday. Times of these shifts are flexible
Must be caring, trustworthy flexible with full clean driving licence and access to own vehicle.
Rate of Pay £12.21 per hour
Female applicant only ‘Permitted under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010'
Apply online for Personal (Support/Care) Assistant Job Reference Number 9511
Personal Assistant - Job Reference Number 10711
Job Type: Redcar and Cleveland (PA's)
Area: Saltburn
Description: I am looking for a Personal Assistant to join me in helping me with my daily activities. The right Personal Assistant for me would be able to work alongside me and allow me to stay in control. I enjoy going out into the local community. I enjoy music and eating vegan food.
All applicants should be Female Only, this is in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010
Wage: £12.21 per hour
Hours: 12 hours per week. Used flexibly to suit both me and the successful PA.
Duties will include:
- Personal Care Supervision
- Light domestic duties
- Cooking with me
- Shopping
- Help with attending social activities
- Escorting to medical appointments
Applicants must be:
- Reliable
- Able to maintain confidentiality and be trustworthy
- Punctual
- Non-smoker
- Have excellent communication skills
- Consistent and reliable
- Willing to use public transport with me
- Able to lift a lightweight wheelchair
- Have a willingness to learn
- Be prepared to attend training courses with and without me
- Music lover
- Able to cook
Desirable criteria:
- Hold a full, clean licence with a wheelchair accessible vehicle or one big enough for a lightweight wheelchair
- Able to cook Vegan Food
- Understanding of Neurodivergence
- Understanding of Mental Health including PTSD and anxiety
- Understanding of ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)
- Understanding of EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome)
- Hold a Food Hygiene Certificate
- Hold a First Aid Certificate
All successful applicants will undergo references and an enhanced criminal records bureau check (DBS Check). For further information please contact the Direct Payment Support Service on 360524 and quote Job Reference 10711.
Apply online for Personal Assistant - Job Reference Number 10711
If you prefer a paper application form email dprecruitment@darlingtondisability.org or call 01325 360524. Please quote the job reference number with all requests. Return paper applications to DAD. Whessoe Technology Centre, Alderman Best Way, Darlington, DL1 4WB.
Is a PA the right job for me?
Would you like the opportunity to work for and assist a disabled person on a one to one basis to have choice and control in their life and to live independently within their own home and in the community?
Do you enjoy the company of people, are able to work flexibly, reliable, have good communication skills and willing to learn how to meet the individual needs of the person you are assisting?
If the answer is YES to both of these questions then applying for one of our vacancies or our PA register could be for you.
Important information for applicants:
Applicants must be: Able to work flexibly, be a good communicator, able to respect dignity and willing to learn from the employer.
Applicants will generally have to provide references and undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Posts generally include the statutory requirement of 5.6 weeks paid holiday and other usual statutory employment rights.
What happens next:
After completing your application form and returning it, your application will be sent to employers which you have requested and if indicated other employers which are appropriate.
If short-listed you will be asked for an interview, which will give the employer the opportunity to decide whether they wish to employ you. This is also the applicant's opportunity to find out more information to decide whether you feel the position is appropriate for you.
How you can support us
As a local organisation we very much rely on the support of our local community. We support over 2,000 people every year to have greater choice and control and remove the barriers that disabled adults and children experience in their everyday lives. But we need YOUR help.