Job Details
Rate : £12.50 per hour. Sleepover rate £84.00
Location : Newcastle upon Tyne
Hours : Two vacancies for the following shifts:
Mondays: 9am-6pm
Saturday/Sunday: 6.30pm-10.30am (includes overnight)
Each PA will be required to do 1-2 shifts per week (negotiable)
Personal assistants – women only – required to provide personal and domestic support for a disabled woman who is a wheelchair user.
Rate of pay per hour: £12.50Sleepover rate: £84.00
(works out at about £145 for an overnight shift and about £110 for a day shift)
The woman lives within walking distance of Newcastle city centre.
The post is to provide support both in her home and when out socialising. Main duties include providing personal care, e.g. assisting to wash, dress, go to the toilet, getting in and out of bed and domestic tasks (e.g. cooking, washing, ironing, cleaning) as well as accompanying her to meeting friends, choir events, cinema, theatre, live music events and meetings.
Each PA will be required to do 1-2 shifts per week (negotiable) across the full week. She currently has 2 vacancies for the following shifts:
Mondays: 9am-6pm
Saturday/Sunday: 6.30pm-10.30am (includes overnight)
Holiday pay of 28 days pro-rata is paid. All expenses in relation to the role will be paid, except travel to and from the place of work.
No previous experience is required as full training will be provided. Applicants need to be physically fit. Preferably, applicants should have held a clean driving licence for at least one year as duties include driving an adapted campervan.
If you wish to apply, please send a CV and short statement to say why you are interested in the post to
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.
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.
