Female Social Personal Assistants - IPNCL

Disability North; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local support organization in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking Female Social Personal Assistants to support a 10-year-old with autism. The role involves assisting with activities, ensuring safety, and supporting personal care. Experience with children with additional needs is essential. This position offers flexible hours during term time and school holidays, with a rate of £13.50 per hour.

Qualifications

• Experience with children who have autism and challenging behaviours.
• Ability to engage in Irem's communication methods.

Responsibilities

• Support Irem to engage in activities like trampolining and painting.
• Provide high supervision to ensure safety.
• Assist with personal care needs.

Skills

Experience of working with children with additional needs

Knowledge of Turkish language

Job description

Overview

Female Social Personal Assistant x 2, 2:1 support role. Hours: Term time 2 hours per week (days to be arranged). School holidays 4 hours per week - includes weekends. Area: Cowgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Rate: £13.50 per hour.

Irem is a lovely 10-year-old who lives at home with her parents and sisters. The family are Kurdish and follow the Kurdish Alevi religion. A knowledge of the Turkish Language would be advantageous. Irem has difficulties with the three core areas of development associated with a diagnosis of autism, social communication, social interaction, and flexible imaginative play. Her receptive and expressive language is extremely limited, and she becomes frustrated and annoyed when an adult does not understand her needs.

At school, Irem uses a combination of pecs and individual words. However, she has become a lot more verbal over recent months and is able to communicate her needs using single words. She has limited awareness of safety. She can sometimes be unpredictable and needs a high level of supervision to keep her safe. Irem has difficulties using the toilet and needs support with personal care.

Irem enjoys being outside and having a lot of space, she enjoys going to the local parks. She also enjoys trampolining. As Irem’s PA you would be required to support and assist Irem to engage in her chosen activities. Irem loves painting and is quite an artist, she also enjoys music. She is a total chocoholic and just loves all chocolate. She is in her happy place with chocolate and paints. Irem attends swimming lessons and enjoys her time in the pool. Irem would like to visit the Tim Lamb Centre or Alan Shearer Centre with her PA.

Irem’s parents would like to employ PAs who has experience of working with children with additional needs and challenging behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Support and assist Irem to engage in chosen activities, including time outdoors, parks, trampolining, painting, music, swimming, and visits to suitable centres.
• Provide a high level of supervision to ensure safety, with particular attention to developing safety awareness.
• Support with personal care, including toilet-related needs.
• Promote active participation and communication, using Irem’s current communication methods (PECs and single words) and familiar routines.
• Support Irem’s interests and goals, including social interaction and engagement in leisure activities.

Qualifications / Experience

• Experience of working with children with additional needs and challenging behaviours.
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn about Irem’s language and cultural needs (Turkish language knowledge advantageous).

Additional Information

• There is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be male/female in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraphs 1 – 4.
• This vacancy will close as soon as a suitable candidate is appointed.
• At the time of starting their employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the U.K.