Hours: 22 hours per week including weekends (flexibility essential)
Rate: £14.00 per hour
Area: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Car driver essential
I am a 47-year-old lady looking for a very special person to be my PA. I live in the Newcastle area with my mum. The right PA will help support me and help me navigate life’s daily challenges and always maintain strict confidentiality.
I sustained a serious head injury 20+ years ago and have since suffered from cognitive and physical difficulties. I use a wheelchair outside of the home and other mobility aids within the house. The cognitive issues I have are related to the brain injury and cause problems including a very poor memory, information processing difficulties, poor planning and organisational skills, anxiety and fatigue.
I require my PA to be a patient and understanding individual who can detect my anxiety or fatigue and work at my pace. I live with chronic and constant pain but try and work through it to enjoy life and all my activities. I take medication for my pain and anxiety and would expect my PA to help me manage ordering and dispensing it if necessary. I communicate well verbally but that can sometimes be misleading for others who don’t understand the hidden aspect of cognitive problems. I can also communicate well using text, email, and writing but don’t have much confidence when using the phone. I have some problems following and keeping up with conversations especially in a large group and I need to have conversations repeated quite often due to my poor memory and slow processing ability.
Patience, understanding, compassion, reliability and humility are required of my PA, along with good communication skills and a bubbly personality.
I like listening to a wide variety of music genres and would like to plan trips to see my favourite artists…. though I rarely have the stamina to go out at night. I like to have my nails done at the salon and enjoy activities including bowling, going to the gym, the cinema, and shopping etc. I also like visiting cafes and restaurants, mostly in daytime. In nicer weather I like a trip to the beach or the farm or just a drive out in the car.
A car driver is essential for this post. For insurance purposes they must be over 25 years old to drive my mobility car. They must have a full clean driving licence and have some driving experience.
A good level of fitness is necessary to push lift and manoeuvre my wheelchair if required.
For further details, please see the Job Description
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.