Area: Northumberland

Female Personal Assistant – LGRNTH

Temporary full time to cover long term sickness

Hours: 35 hours, full days between the hours of 7am and 6pm

Rate: £12.97 per hour weekdays, £15.33 per hour weekends, double time bank holidays.

Area: Ponteland, Northumberland

Driver Essential

 

We are excited to be able to recruit a personal assistant to provide care and support for our 15-year-old daughter with complex care needs in the Ponteland area.

The successful candidate will work as part of a small, friendly, professional team and will involve all aspects of care, including providing ongoing therapy (as instructed by the treating professionals), offering Molly an excellent care support package aimed at maximising her potential in all aspects of life.

Reporting to the Team Leader, senior support worker and working with the client’s family, you will ensure high quality care and effective communication is maintained across in a wide variety of environments and situations.

You will be required to provide care based on a flexible rota, but where commitment is essential. Daily school runs will be required during term time.

Full training will be given, along with access to a range of independent therapists and community support staff, to ensure that all team members have the full training they require to work towards common goals and to assist in both the client’s and your own personal development. This role calls for an individual who can act on their own initiative and work as part of a team. A clean driving licence is essential as you will be asked to drive family vehicles.

Desirable: Experience preferred of at least 2 years

Female persons only are invited to apply for this position. There is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be female in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraphs 1 – 4.

 

To Apply:

Please ensure you submit your CV as part of your application

Please send CV to seza28@icloud.com or leannegrace_81@hotmail.com

 

Closing date: 15th August 2025

At the time of starting their employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the U.K.

 

Female Personal Assistant – MHCRAM2

Hours: 36 hours per week – Rolling rota to include weekends and waking nights – 12 hours shifts – 3 posts available

Rate of Pay: £17.23 per hour

Area: Cramlington, Northumberland

 

Main Role:

To support a physically disabled Biology graduate to live as independently as possible, beginning in the family home with a view to moving into her own home in the future. You will work as part of a 24 hour care team with 12 hour shifts including waking overnights.

Job role:

Includes meal preparation, medication administration, application of braces to several joints & personal care, as well as enabling the employer to participate in all aspects of daily life. This includes regular social activities (concerts, cinema & nights out), attending hospital appointments & work placements within local primary schools in preparation for doing teaching qualifications in the future.

Must have:

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. Careful consideration will be given to applicants who can show the vaccination is not suitable for them on reasonable grounds.

A full clean driving licence is required.

Candidates must be non-smokers due to medical reasons and life-threatening allergy to cigarette smoke.

You must be reliable, trustworthy & professional attitude & be able to follow instructions & protocols.

 

Contracted hours will be as follows: 

Block 12hr Shifts 8-8, must be flexible and willing to cover sickness and holidays within the team to ensure employers care needs are met at all times, as follows:

Post 1. Monday & Tuesday dayshift (8:00-20:00) Saturday nightshift (20:00-8:00)

Post 2. Tuesday & Wednesday nightshift (20:00-8:00) & Saturday Dayshift (08:00-20:00)

Post 3. Sunday dayshift (08:00-20:00) Thursday & Friday nightshift (20:00-8:00)

Post 4. Monday nightshift (20:00- 8:00) & Friday dayshift (8:00- 20:00)

Contract of employment is permanent and holiday pay is 5.6 weeks pro-rata.

 

* Please Note female applicants need only apply

There is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be male/female in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraphs 1 – 4.

 

All appropriate training will be given on the job – but some prior care experience is essential.

An Enhanced certificate of Disclosure (DBS) will be obtained for successful candidates (at employer’s expense) and references will be requested if successful at interview.

 

Closing date: 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.

 

 

 

 

Self-Employed Personal Assistant – LPRND

Hours: 4 hours per week plus respite care with overnight stays required

Rate of Pay: £17.00 per hour. Sleepover rate £110 per night (10 hours)

Area: Ashington, Northumberland.

Car Driver Essential

 

A brief description of the individual requiring support:

We are looking for a special individual with patience, experience, and confidant to help and support is to meet the needs of our two disabled children.

Amelia is a delightful and tiny little girl aged 8, Non-Verbal, Tube Fed, with a diagnosis of Down Syndrome. Amelia does not communicate beyond some sounds and gestures and is entirely PEG fed all fluids, medications and meals.

Amelia has no behavioural issues, loves cuddles, her trampoline, bubble tube and of course Peppa Pig. Amelia enjoys soft plays, being outdoors, trampoline parks and sensory play.

Noah is 7 years old, not so small, has speech delay, sensory processing disorder and a diagnosis of Autism. Noah loves his phone, iPad, bike, swimming and soft play. Noah has limited speech and struggles to regulate his emotions meaning he is often upset or frustrated and needs support with this.

 

Brief details of the job:

We are looking for support approximately 4 hours per week but also the role will require respite overnight care. Specifically 1st– 6th September. The children require support with:

  1. Eating/feeding
  2. Personal care (nappies/toilet use)
  3. Washing and dressing
  4. School runs where appropriate

We are looking for a dedicated SEN professional who is confidant with both children and able to support them either in the home or to engage in the activities they enjoy within the community.

Two references and full DBS is required for the role.

We welcome questions or requests for further information at this stage and a full job description will be provided upon review of your CV and references.

For more information, please call: 07359882714

 

To apply

Please send a covering letter and CV to: pricelouise870@gmail.com

 

At the time of starting their employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the U.K.

 

Male Personal Assistant – JGTWE

Rate: £17.23 per hour

Hours: 5 x hours per week Term-Time (39 weeks)

10 x hours per week School Holidays (13 weeks)

Area: Tweedmouth, Northumberland

Car Driver Essential (able to drive a motability vehicle)

 

We are looking for a reliable, happy, ideally male, Personal Care Support Assistant to work with a young teenage boy with Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy and Learning Difficulties.

As a wheelchair user with a hoist and communication aid, there is the requirement for personal care tasks to be performed.

This generally happy young lad needs someone who is able to provide considerate care and attention with, if possible, experience of using Makaton to enable him to go out either after school or on a weekend. He likes to go bowling, crazy golf and going for drives in the car, looking at his surroundings.

Not only would you be making a difference to this young man but also to his loving, supportive parents who are in need of a little time to themselves, to maintain their full-time caring role.

This vacancy is based in Tweedmouth and comes with an enhanced rate of pay.

 

This post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraphs 1 – 4.

 

To apply:

Please apply via UKCIL online recruitment platform on

https://app.ukcil.com/job_board/personal-care-support-assistant-for-a-teenage-boy-p-t-17-23p-hr-in-berwick-upon-tweed-td15-0?name=UKCIL

or to Jayne Gammage (Direct Payment Advisor for Northumberland County Council) on:

Email: Jayne.Gammage@Northumberland.gov.uk

Mobile: 07870567626

 

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.