Hours: Role can be offered at between 16 to 24 hours per week to suit applicant’s situation
Salary: £16.00 per hour plus holiday pay
Location: Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent contract with 90 day probation period
Recruiting a Male Personal Care Assistants to be part of a team of PA’s providing support my 19 year old autistic son who has profound learning difficulties and is non-verbal.
Working hours can be flexible, however, there will be usually be one or two overnight shifts per month. Overnight support will be waking nights as my son has night time epilepsy and sleeps poorly requiring an adult to be in attendance in an adjacent room at all times.
Main duties will be to support my son with all personal care, meal preparation, assistance with feeding, daily living tasks and providing 2:1 support working with another PA when taking him into the community to engage in leisure activities such as walks, bowling, swimming and eating out.
A clean driving licence and access to a car is preferred but not essential.
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.