CX844 PA needed for a boy who loves ice-skating & trampoline parks 4hrs pw school holidays, HU7.

Choices and Rights Disability Coalition; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A disability support organization in Hull is looking for a Personal Assistant for a non-verbal boy during school holidays. The role includes providing personal care, facilitating community activities like ice-skating, and supporting the child's mother. Prior experience with children who have special educational needs is preferred. The position requires strong empathy and patience, along with the ability to drive or maneuver a wheelchair. The pay is £12.21 per hour for 4 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting children with special educational needs is preferred.
• Empathy and patience with a non-verbal child requiring personal care.
• Ability to drive a vehicle or manoeuvre a wheelchair if needed.

Responsibilities

• Establish a relationship with the boy, initially meeting him with his mother.
• Provide personal care support, including toileting, dressing and undressing.
• Assist with out-and-about trips to community activities such as ice-skating and trampoline parks.
• Chauffeur the boy in his wheelchair or car to keep him happy and safe.
• Manage his needs around noise sensitivity and handle distress situations.
• Support the mother in ensuring she can have quiet breaks for cleaning or coffee.

Skills

Empathy

Patience

Ability to drive a vehicle

Job description

Overview

CX844 PA needed for a boy who loves ice‑skating & trampoline parks 4 hours per week during school holidays, located in HU7.

A young person in the HU7 area would like a Personal Assistant for 4 hours per week during the school holidays only.

He absolutely loves ice‑skating, being pushed around in his wheelchair on the ice and does not want to leave the ice. He likes trampoline parks in the quiet SEN sessions. He likes being pushed around on long walks; if he’s being chauffeured around in a car or his wheelchair he is a happy boy. He has not yet learned to swim, but he loves to play with the water more than get in as he is absolutely obsessed with water.

He can be lovely and loves his cuddles but also can become distressed for any unknown reason; if this happens it’s best to keep him safe and step back if you can not work out what is causing the distress. He will then self‑regulate or have his weighted jacket on which helps him to regulate.

He would like a PA to get him out and about in the community and for his mother to have some time to clean or get out for a coffee as she can not hoover, do washing or anything that makes a noise while this boy is at home because he is sensitive to noise.

He is non‑verbal, but once communication is established he will lead you to his wants and needs. He requires support with personal care, including going to the toilet, getting dressed and undressed.

He travels in a wheelchair or on reins as he is a runner and has no awareness of danger. He will not walk if there is the slightest noise/smell; he doesn’t like small children, they terrify him, but he does acknowledge if he sees children from his class at school. He is terrified of dogs especially small ones.

Responsibilities

• Establish a relationship with the boy, initially meeting the boy with his mother.
• Provide personal care support, including toileting, dressing and undressing.
• Assist with out‑and‑about trips to community activities such as ice‑skating and trampoline parks.
• Chauffeure the boy in his wheelchair or car to keep him happy and safe.
• Manage his needs around noise sensitivity and handle distress situations by keeping him safe and stepping back if the cause cannot be identified.
• Support the mother in ensuring she can have quiet breaks for cleaning or coffee.

Qualifications & Requirements

Prior experience supporting children with special educational needs is preferred. Empathy and patience with a non‑verbal child requiring personal care. Ability to drive a vehicle or manoeuvre a wheelchair if needed.

Salary & Hours

Rate of pay: £12.21 per hour.

Hours: 4 hours per week – school holidays only – 13 weeks of the year.

Location: HU7.

Vacancies: 1.

How to Apply

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Send a printed application or CV & covering letter to Choices and Rights Disability Coalition, Jude Lodge, Tiverton Road, Hull, HU7 4DQ. Include the references of the jobs you wish to apply for.

Important Information

This vacancy is advertised directly by the disabled person/representative. They receive funding via a Direct Payment to directly employ their own Personal Assistant. All applications will be forwarded to the disabled person or their representative, who will choose which candidates to progress and most cases contact you directly. If you haven’t heard from the employer within 4 weeks, you should consider your application unsuccessful.

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