Female Personal Assistant – CTNT

Disability North; North Tyneside; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Disability North is seeking a female Personal Assistant to support Carly in North Tyneside. The role involves 2 hours per week, including weekends, with duties spanning personal care, dressing support, and promoting independent life skills.

Candidates should be comfortable around animals (Carly has a dog) and able to assist with budgeting, meal prep, and accessing community activities to enhance independence and well-being.

Qualifications

• Experience as a personal assistant or support worker.
• Comfort around animals (dog).
• Ability to support personal care and dressing as needed.
• Ability to promote independence and life skills in daily tasks.
• Willingness to engage with family and social activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and dressing support when required.
• Support Carly to develop independent life skills (cooking, budgeting, community activities).
• Assist with arranging and accompanying Carly in community activities and events.

Skills

Personal care

Independence support

Budgeting

Meal preparation

Animal friendly

Community access

Job description

Hours: 2 hours per week including weekends

Rate: £14.05 per hour

Area: North Tyneside

Our client is currently looking for an experience female personal assistant to assist and promote her independence out in the community and develop independent life skills.

Carly has Autism and mental health support needs; she currently lives with her parents and has a dog so you must be comfortable being around animals as one of the activities Carly enjoys is walking the dog.

The role will include supporting and prompting Carly with personal care and dressing where required when she loses motivation, you will also be required to support and aid Carly to develop independent life skills like preparing nutritional meals in the kitchen and budgeting along with accessing the community to enjoy activities of her own choice.

Carly enjoys music and horror films and has attended various concerts in the past. She enjoys beauty and skin care routines and enjoys shopping for beauty products or new tattoo designs, she is a keen photographer and enjoys TikTok which she can get engrossed in, supervision may be required to prevent Carly from oversharing.

One of Carly’s goals is to explore a volunteer role so you may be required to assist Carly to explore options that are suitable for her.

Carly is looking for someone to become part of the family dynamics, so a good sense of humour and the ability to engage with the other members of her family including the dog is essential.

For more information, please see the Job Description

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.

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.