Job Title: Male Personal Care Assistant
Permanent contract.
Full time position, or could be offered as two part time roles if necessary.
Salary: £33,150 (or pro-rata if offered on part time basis)
Location: Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Male Personal Care Assistant required to be part of a team of seven PA’s providing support for a delightful young man who is neurodivergent and is non-verbal.
Shifts will be a mixture of daytime and night time and will involve providing support both at home and going out into the community to access leisure activities. Night shifts and day shifts in his home will be mostly on a 1:1 staffing basis. When accessing the community, you will be working on a 2:1 basis alongside another PA. Night shifts will be mostly waking nights.
Main duties will be providing support with all personal care, meal preparation, assistance with feeding, administering medication, all daily living tasks and ensuring his safety at all times, as well as engaging with him in activities to assist with his development and his wellbeing.
Community activities to be supported will include walks, bowling, museum visits, shopping, swimming, eating out.
A clean driving licence and access to a car is preferred but not essential.
This vacancy will close as soon as a suitable candidate is appointed.
At the time of starting their employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the U.K.