CX484 - 1 or 2 PAs to work with two active boys, school holidays only, 20 hrs per week, HU6 area.

Choices and Rights Disability Coalition; West Carr; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A community support organization is seeking one or two Personal Assistants in West Carr, United Kingdom, to provide support for two boys aged 11 and 13 with special needs. The role includes promoting independence, engaging in community activities, and providing reassurance. Candidates should be supportive and confident, with experience in similar roles preferred. The position requires a DBS check, with costs covered by the local authority.

Qualifications

• Must be active, positive, confident, and supportive.
• Experience with diverse needs of children desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the children to engage in social activities.
• Provide supervision and assistance during outdoor activities.

Skills

Experience with children with special needs

Ability to provide reassurance

Knowledge of Makaton

Supervisory skills

Active and positive attitude

Job description

Further information: One or two Personal Assistants are required to support an 11‑year‑old and a 13‑year‑old boy to access social and leisure activities within the community.

The 11‑year‑old is nonverbal and is very much fun to be around. He loves bugs, the outdoors, parks, and airplanes. He can go to the toilet on his own when at home, but if it’s outside the family home his mum is not sure he would be confident going by himself. He is very anxious at times and worries about terrible things happening that he has seen on television such as natural disasters, and he will ask for help and reassurance. It would be desirable (but not essential) to have someone that knows signing using Makaton.

The 13‑year‑old loves wooded areas, but he would need to be wearing a wrist strap outside as he easily becomes distracted and will wander off. He will need to be supervised at all times, and if he wants to go off he will set off at speed. He is quite complex, talks with no sense, but can ask for things such as a drink and when he needs to go to the toilet. He can go to the toilet independently, but would need to be supervised anywhere where there are taps as he loves water and will turn taps on.

The successful applicant will be active, positive, confident and extremely supportive. You will promote the two boys’ independent living and life skills. Your main focus will be to support them to engage with social activities.

Offers of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check, the cost of which will be met by Hull City Council.

Owing to the nature of this position, any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from the Disclosure and Barring Service, the cost of which will be met by the local authority/employer.

It is important to note that Choices and Rights are not the employer; we act on the employer’s behalf and we cannot be held responsible for any actions arising from your employment. We are not an agency.