Junior Personal Assistant & Accessibility Companion

Sorensen Staffing•New York, NY

26d•$40•Onsite

About The Position

This is a highly personal, unusually varied role for someone who genuinely enjoys being useful. Our wonderful client is a busy Manhattan-based attorney, wife, and mother of two boys, ages 10 and 6. She has used a power wheelchair throughout her life and is looking for a warm, capable, and grounded person to support her through the rhythm of her weekends while also becoming a comfortable presence within an active family household. The right person will understand that real support means paying attention, learning someone well, anticipating appropriately, and knowing when to step in and when to give space. There is an intimacy to the work—particularly the personal accessibility support—and rapport matters enormously. The goal is to provide very personal assistance without making it feel clinical; to help with the children without needing to become their nanny; to notice what needs doing around the home without waiting to be asked; and to move comfortably between accessibility support, family life, practical tasks, and the occasional PA project. This could be a great opportunity for someone with a natural service instinct, strong common sense, positive energy, and a desire for work that feels tangible and worthwhile. The family is looking for someone who can become part of the weekend flow without becoming the center of it: someone pleasant to have around for long stretches of time, genuinely helpful, discreet, emotionally intelligent, and able to shift gears without drama while maintaining excellent professional boundaries. For the right person, there is real satisfaction in this job. It is a role for someone who recognizes that being of service is a skill in itself—and takes genuine pride in doing it exceptionally well.

Requirements

Current/valid driver's license and clean driving record required.
Comfortable with the personal nature of accessibility assistance work; not squeamish, overly self-conscious, or inclined to treat physical assistance as awkward.
Genuine comfort and capability in assisting with physical care with confidence, dignity, and normalcy.
Ability to learn routines and become comfortable with the physical aspects of assisting the principal.
Ability to provide personal help matter-of-factly and respectfully.
Ability to establish an easy rapport with children within healthy boundaries.
Organized and resourceful.
Reliable.
Discreet, understanding privacy and professional boundaries.
Energetic, possessing curiosity, stamina, and willingness to participate.
Desire to stay in the role for several years.

Nice To Haves

Someone who genuinely enjoys creative activities with children.
Someone who enjoys creating order, figuring things out, and closing loops.
Someone who notices what needs doing and helps keep things moving.
Someone who can assess what is available in the refrigerator and confidently put together a sensible meal without detailed instructions.
Someone who sees travel and changing scenery as an appealing aspect of the job.
A sense of humor and the ability not to take oneself too seriously.

Responsibilities

Providing hands-on accessibility assistance with activities of daily living, including getting out of bed, morning routines, showering, dressing, grooming, transfers, positioning, and practical physical assistance.
Preparing clothing, belongings, mobility-related items, and anything needed for the day.
Navigating outings, appointments, restaurants, family activities, and travel.
Driving when needed, including rental cars while traveling.
Helping make the practical logistics of the day easier and more seamless.
Spending time with the children so their parents can have some uninterrupted time.
Taking the children to an activity or engaging them at home.
Pulling out art supplies and spending time making something with them.
Helping keep the children moving through what they are supposed to be doing rather than doing everything for them.
Preparing straightforward breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack.
Staying with the children if the parents go out for dinner.
Helping gather everyone and everything needed for an outing.
Resetting the kitchen or common area after the family has used it.
Noticing what needs doing around the house and handling it.
Running errands and making returns.
Ordering or picking up household and personal items.
Keeping track of small to-dos.
Researching straightforward purchases or services.
Organizing belongings for weekends away or travel.
Making simple reservations or arrangements.
Managing miscellaneous personal projects.
Keeping useful information organized.
Helping the principal stay one step ahead of practical details.
Pitching in with everyday reset tasks like dishes, counters, tidying common areas, putting things away, and cleaning up after meals or activities.
Preparing good, straightforward food for the children and occasionally for the principal.
Accompanying the principal on short professional travel trips.
Traveling to and spending weekends at the family's future Upstate getaway.