Personal Assistants – AJNT – Disability North

Pay Rates: Day and night waking PAs £14.25 – £15.25 per hour. Sleep in £12.50 per hour

Hours: 9.00am – 5.00pm day and/or 5.00pm – 10.00pm evenings. Night waking/sleep in 10.00 pm – 9.00am

Location: North Tyneside Coast

Personal Assistants and Senior Personal Assistant required for special needs young gentleman.

Be part of a support team that makes a positive difference!

Permanent full time and part time positions

Personal Assistant required (2-1 support 24/7) for a lively, adventurous young gentleman with complex needs, who has varied interests, a big personality and a brilliant sense of humour. Wheelchair user (able to self-propel and transfer) highly communicative but non-verbal.

Responsibilities will include providing all aspects of personal care and support within the community and at home. Maintaining a clean and tidy home, preparing meals and administering medication.

Experience with moving and handling and experience with seizure management essential.

Must be able to follow care plans, risk assessments and behaviour support plans and complete daily notes, risk assessments and incident reports.

You must be a good communicator and have the ability to work as a team member.

He has his own car so drivers are preferred.

For further details, please see the Job Description

For more information, please email pateam25@gmail.com or call 0191 645 3501

To apply, please send a cover letter and CV to pateam25@gmail.com

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.

APPLICATION FORM

IMPORTANT: The form must be completed in full or your application may be rejected.
A curriculum vitae will not be accepted as a substitute.

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Your Personal Details

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Do you hold a current full, clean driving licence which is valid in the UK?

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Do you have your own transport?

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TELL US ABOUT YOU…… What makes you a good candidate for this post? Please make your response relevant to this particular post and detailed Job Description.

What achievements are you most proud of?

What do you like to do in your spare time? What are your interests and hobbies?

YOUR EMPLOYMENT HISTORY What is your current job (paid or unpaid) and what do you most enjoy about it?

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YOUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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A FEW MORE QUESTIONS…… Could you work extra hours at short notice?

I may need assistance with form filling, paying bills and shopping. Would you be able to help me?

Would you be prepared to work in a house where smoking is not permitted?

Please tell me if there are any Personal Assistance tasks that you couldn’t perform, either for religious, cultural or medical reasons or just because you wouldn’t want to.

When would you be able to start work?

Where did you see this advert?

DETAILS OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS

Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions Order 1975). Applicants are not entitled therefore to withhold information about convictions which, for other purposes, are 'spent' under the provisions of the Act unless they are subject to filtering. Any information given will be completely confidential.

Declaration: Have you had any criminal convictions that are not subject to filtering?

Yes

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REFERENCES

Please give the details of two people who have agreed to act as referees for you. One must be a current or most recent employer if you have one; they should not be a member of your close family.

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DECLARATION

I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, the information on this form is accurate and that I have not omitted any facts, which may have any bearing on my application. If I am employed and it later becomes apparent that the information is not accurate, I will be dismissed.

Your application will be passed on via email or post to the service user or their nominated person who is advertising.

Disability North will electronically store your application form for 6 months after this recruitment ends, it will then be deleted.

If you are successful your application form will be stored electronically throughout the course of your employment and 6 months thereafter. It will then be deleted. We may share your information with our payroll service in order for them to carry out the payroll service to your employer.

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