PA Vacancy

Personal Care Assistant WB/PHB/001/21

Hours: 12 hour shifts available to cover a rota 24/7

Full time and part time posts available.

Additional hours will be offered to cover holiday and sickness for other team members

Pay Rate: £10.09 rising to £10.81 after successful probation period

 Area: Heaton

 Purpose of Job

To support a gentleman living independently in his own home.

You will provide the physical assistance needed to enable me to be as fully independent as possible.  As my Personal Assistant, you must be extremely reliable and be able to work flexible hours (sometimes at short notice). Ideally you will have some knowledge and experience of supporting someone with Parkinson’s Disease.  However even if you have this, you must still be willing to learn about the condition in terms of how it affects me personally.

I am looking for someone who is friendly, has a sense of humour, is patient with a calm and consistent approach to the role and can judge when I am in the mood for conversation or when I need to be left to rest.

You will be proactive and able to work under minimum supervision.

I have a wide range of interests.  I love all types of sport (although football remains my favourite) and I enjoy books particularly the classics (Tolstoy, Orwell, Dostoyevsky, etc.) but I am always looking for new authors to discover.  I also enjoy crosswords as I am fascinated by words and sometimes need practical support to complete them (I work out the answer and you write it down).

You will be expected to have had or be prepared to have the COVID 19 vaccine for this role.

For further details please see the Job description

To apply please contact directpayments@disabilitynorth.org.uk (ref WB/PHB/001/21) or complete the online application pack from

Closing Date : 22 March but may close earlier if a high number of applications are received.

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