LI/DP/001/10

Personal Assistant vacancy

North Gosforth area of Newcastle
Hours: 16 hours per week
Wage rate: £7.30 gross per hour
Duration: Permanent
Job Description
A Personal Assistant is needed to provide support to an
elderly gentleman with a visual impairment living in the
North Gosforth area of Newcastle. The majority of the
role will involve providing person care, helping with
washing, getting dressed etc. The successful applicant
will also need to be able to prepare meals, keep the
kitchen and other areas of the house neat and tidy and
fulfil any other basic tasks around the home that need
to be completed.
The position will also involve acting as a sighted guide
helping the gentleman to get out into the community to
go for short walks to wherever he wishes to go. You
will be working as part of a small team providing
several visits each day over 7 days per week. It is
important that you have the flexibility to work at times
both during the week and at weekends, as needed.
Whilst not an essential criteria for the job it would assist
with communication if applicants can speak either
Punjabi and/or Hindi.
Closing date: Friday 26th November 2010
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Person Specification
To be my personal assistant you must:
• Be willing to do the tasks that are required within
my home
• Be non judgemental, respecting everyone’s beliefs
and lifestyle choices.
• Be able to remain close by at all times when
working for me.
• Have good communication skills
• Have a positive attitude towards social inclusion
• You must not smoke in my presence (a non smoker
is preferred)
• Be confidential in your work and understand the
importance of this.
• Be patient when doing repeated tasks.
• Not drink alcohol when working for me
• Have good general health
• Be reliable and trustworthy
• Be a good time keeper
• Be able to work at short notice
• Be able to work in different settings
• Be able to accept responsibility and work on your
own initiative
• Be clean and tidy to my specification
• Have at least basic reading, writing and number
skills
• Be flexible
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APPLICATION FORM

For the job of: Personal Assistant

IMPORTANT: The form must be completed in full. A curriculum vitae will

not be accepted as a substitute.

PERSONAL DETAILS
Full name:minni talwar

Address:533 A STANHOPE ROAD

Postcode:ne33 4qx

Telephone number (Work): 07424744523 (Home):

e-mail address:mohit.minni@yahoo.in

National Insurance Number:SL 884839 D

Do you hold a current full British driving licence?

no
If yes, for how long?
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Do you have your own transport?

Has your driving licence ever been endorsed?

If yes, please give brief details:

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Have you worked as a Personal Assistant before? Yes No
If yes, please tell me the employer’s name and address:
no

Please tell me briefly about your present occupation (paid or unpaid):

Persently I am not working

(Please continue this information on a separate sheet if necessary)

Please tell me briefly about your previous occupations (paid or unpaid):
Date Employer Position Reason for
leaving
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EDUCATION

Please give details of your education/training:

Date School/College/ Qualification Grade

University/Trainer
27-08- Punjab university Ma eng A
2008
india

2010 New castel college I am doing masters in

health care mangement
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EXPERIENCE AND FURTHER INFORMATION

What skills and qualities do you think you would need to be a Personal
assistant?
I think one should be polite in manner /helpful/kind/truthful and also
confident.

What skills and experience do you have relevant to this post?

I am very polite kind and i have positive attitude towards life which I
think the important key factor for this post.

Please tell me briefly, why you want to work as a Personal Assistant?

I think it is the best job for me,to be very honest , I tell you as I am from
india so it is our cluture to respect and help elderly people so I am
brought up like that with these morals and teachings from the
environment so I think I can do that,and moreover I am doing my
masters in health care mangement so I know how to handle/and how to
work with these kind of people,nd this type of environment.
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AVAILABILITY TO WORK

Could you work extra hours at short notice?

Yes I can but only in weekends

WILLINGNESS TO PERFORM TASKS

I may need assistance with form filling, paying bills and shopping. Are
you able to:

Read:yes,english,hindi,punjabi
Write:yes ,english,hindi,punjabi
Do simple arithmetic:yes

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

permitted? Yes rather I would love to work there.

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.
No I can do all tasks.
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Please tell me if you have any medical or mental health problem(s),

which may affect your work as a personal assistant in any way?
I am f it physically as well as mentally.

When would you be able to start work?

As soon as possible
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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. Any
information given will be completely confidential.

Declaration: Have you had any criminal convictions? Yes/No

no
If yes, please give full details. Use a separate sheet if necessary
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REFERENCES

Please give the name, address, telephone numbers and where

appropriate the e-mail addresses of two people who have agreed to act
as referees for you. One should be a current or most recent employer if
you have one; they should not be a member of your close family. We will
contact both referees prior to interview unless you indicate otherwise.

1. Name:
How do they know you:
Address

Tel no:
e-mail:
Contact Prior to Interview YES or NO

2. Name:
How do they know you:
Address

Tel no:
e-mail:
Contact Prior to Interview YES or NO
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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.

Signed mini talwar Date 21st-nov-2010

Please return this form as soon as possible: LI/DP/001/10 Direct

Payments, Disability North, Castle Farm Road, Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE3 1PH.
Or by e-mail
directpayments@disabilitynorth.org.uk