Male Personal Assistant - 8703SCCR
Area: Hebburn, South Tyneside
Hourly rate: from age related national minimum wage to £12.15 per hour
Holidays: 5.6 weeks per year (pro rata)
Full U.K. driving licence essential
We are looking for a Personal Assistant who can support a power chair user, adult male (42) who seeks someone to act as a driver (person has own mobility vehicle) and companion.
Hours are 16 in total, normally 2 eight-hour days, usually Tuesday and Sunday, but you will need to be flexible due to the person's wide range of activities and interests, hours and days can vary with the possibility of more hours.
PA will be responsible for driving to:
weekly athletic training sessions and competitionsto weekly archery sessions
to a weekly arts and craft sessions
occasionally to or from his place of employment
occasionally to his weekly drama club
This person loves days out so driving to Amble, Alnwick Gardens, Gibside, the Metro Centre and The Range is quite common practice.
Other activities that are of interest to the person are fishing, D.I.Y. and gardening.
This is an ideal and rewarding opportunity for the right person.
If you are interested, please email Stewart Chappell Stewart.Chappell@skillsforpeople.org.uk for more information.
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.