Female Personal Assistants – EASNCL
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Hours: 3.75 hours per week term time, 14 hours half term. Rates of pay: £13.80 per hour.
About the role
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 enjoys playing on the trampoline, going to the park, swings, being pushed in her buggy, playing with her pram and dolls, 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.
Requirements
- Experience with autism and epilepsy preferred
- Training in seizure management (provided)
- Confident, outgoing, and enthusiastic personality
- Ability to ensure safety and supervise in the community
- Must be female (genuine occupational requirement under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and Equality Act 2010)
- Satisfactory DBS check required
- Must have permission to work in the U.K. at the time of starting employment