Job Details
Hours: 16 hours per week
Area: Hebburn, South Tyneside
Hourly rate: from age related national minimum wage to £12.90 per hour
Holidays: 5.6 weeks per year (pro rata)
Full U.K. driving licence essential
Position Overview
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.
Responsibilities
* Driving to weekly athletic training sessions and competitions
* Driving to weekly archery sessions
* Driving to weekly arts and craft sessions
* Occasionally to or from his place of employment
* Occasionally to his weekly drama club
* Driving to Amble, Alnwick Gardens, Gibside, the Metro Centre, and The Range
* Other activities: fishing, D.I.Y., and gardening
Other
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.
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