Female Personal Assistants - EASNCL

Disability North; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Disability North is seeking a Personal Assistant to support a 13-year-old girl in Newcastle upon Tyne. The role involves helping her access local community activities and social time at home, with emphasis on safety and supervision due to autism and epilepsy considerations.

You will work mainly with the family under their direction, ensuring seizure training is understood and safety is maintained during outings. DBS checks are required, and a female candidate is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience with autism and epilepsy preferred.
• Must have training in relation to seizures.
• DBS checks will be required.
• Willingness to support a young person in the community.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision in local community activities and at home.
• Ensure safety as the child has no awareness of danger.
• Support social interaction and accompany outings as needed.
• Follow directions from parents and maintain confidentiality.

Skills

Safety awareness

Autism awareness

Epilepsy awareness

Active outdoors

Education

DBS check preferred

First aid training

Tools

First aid training

Job description

Hours: 3.75 hours per week term time, 14 hours half term.

Rates of pay: £13.80 per hour

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

I am looking for a Personal Assistant to work with my 13-year-old daughter. She is a friendly girl who is very active and loves being outside. She likes to play on the trampoline, going to the park, on the swings, being pushed in her buggy, playing with her pram and dolls, loves soft play, and listening to music.

The main part of this role is to support and supervise my daughter when she wants to access the local community, as well as social interaction at home. She is Autistic and epileptic so experience of autism and epilepsy would be preferred.

A very important part of your role will be to ensure her safety. She has no awareness of danger, so you must take extra care when you are out in the community. My daughter also has emergency medication for seizures that last longer than 5 minutes or for a cluster of seizures within a period of time. Anyone working with her will require training in relation to her seizures.

My daughter likes to be around happy enthusiastic people so you should be confident and outgoing. As the Personal Assistant you will work mainly alongside me and under my direction to meet my daughter’s needs.

This post is subject to references and satisfactory DBS checks.

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.