PA/Personal Care Assistant
Job description
We are looking for a companion to assist an amputee open water swimmer during intensive training sessions. This isn't your typical desk job you will be an essential part of a training journey, ensuring everything runs smoothly from the driveway to the deep blue sea. Role will involve occasional light household duties.
Responsibilities
- Safely pushing the wheelchair across the beach/terrain to the water’s edge and meeting the swimmer upon return.
- Getting the swimmer and equipment safely to and from open water beach.
- Keeping a watchful eye from the shore.
Skills and Qualifications
Essential Skills
- Must be comfortable with getting your feet wet
- Physically able and sufficient to push a wheelchair through sand/rough terrain is essential.
- Must have a valid driver’s licence and a clean driving record.
- Vacancy ID
- 1773410
- Job ref.
- NS0626
- Job Sector
- Carers and Support Workers
- Area
- Co Down
- Location
- Donaghadee
- Salary
- £15.00 per hour
- No. vacancies
- 1
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Weekly hours
- 6
- Published date
- 02/06/2026
- Closing date
- 13/07/2026
- Worktime
- 3 days at 2 hours, to be confirmed
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