Male or Female Personal Care Assistant / Support Worker Ref: CD/SF/5-25

Take Control South Lanarkshire; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local support service in East Kilbride is seeking a Personal Care Assistant to provide one-to-one care for an individual with complex autism. The role involves attending to personal care needs and encouraging social activities. Ideal candidates will have experience with autism and possess good communication skills. This is a permanent position of 5 hours per week, offering an hourly rate of £12.60.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with complex autism is essential.
• Warm and friendly nature with a sense of fun is desirable.
• Ability to communicate and assist with personal care tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one care and assistance to a person with complex autism.
• Assist with all personal care needs.
• Support participation in social activities.

Skills

Experience with complex autism

Good interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Patience

Friendly nature

Job description

Male or Female Personal Care Assistant / Support Worker required to assist a person with complex autism living in the East Kilbride area.

You would be required to provide one to one care and assistance within the time you spend in the community including attending to personal care and participation in social activities. Your duties would involve assisting with tasks such as:

· Attending to all personal care needs (toileting including bowel movements)

· Ordering snacks or lunch, handling money

· All social activities from swing park, swimming, Library, arts.

· Fully mobile but no sense of danger, predominantly non-verbal

Driver essential and you will be required to use your own vehicle – mileage allowance will be paid.

The role requires close personal contact with an individual who is vulnerable and requires support in terms of being their voice and in a lot of cases hand over hand until confident in a task or place when trying new things.

Must take a proactive and innovative approach to support and encourage individual to be involved in activities suited to their needs, assist to build confidence, aid development, and enhance time spent in the community.

Favourite activities are swimming, outdoors-parks/Forests-getting muddy, music, art, horse riding, sensory experiences, socialising, cafes.

Experience of working with complex autism is essential, training will be given however a foundation of autism and working in bases, schools, community groups etc would be an appropriate experience level.

The most important qualities are a warm and friendly nature, patience and a desire to work within a caring role, elements of fun and humour is desirable as well as being able to participate or support in physical activities.

Good interpersonal and communication skills are essential.

Hours of Work (with a degree of flexibility)

Recruiting for 1 position

Guaranteed permanent position of 5 hrs per week

Days and times:

Saturday – 12pm -5pm

This day can be flexible for e.g. changed to Sunday or in School holidays if suitable potentially a weekday.

Hourly rate: £12.60

To apply please e-mail your CV to [e-mail]

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If you are selected for the next stage of the recruitment process a member of the Take Control Team will be in touch to arrange the next steps.

If you are successfully hired; you will be employed directly by a Private Employer and will be entitled to all statutory rights as set out by Employment Law such as paid holidays and statutory sick pay (where eligible).

Take Control (South Lanarkshire) is a Self-Directed Support service based in South Lanarkshire, providing information and assistance to enable all eligible people to explore the 4 options for independent living outlined in the Self-Directed Support Act, now in force. Take Control is part of Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL), which is an established Disabled People's Organisation, with many years of experience assisting people to maximise their preferred support needs.

For more information please contact:

Take Control (South Lanarkshire)

Brandon Gate, 1 Leechlee Road, Hamilton ML3 0XB

Tel: [phone]