Personal Assistant

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Penderels Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Personal Assistant to support an adult with autism in Nuneaton. The role requires a good sense of humour, trustworthiness and patience, and the successful applicant will promote the young adult's confidence, life skills, independence and social interactions in a positive way.

Duties include cooking/meal preparation, attending appointments, food shopping, access to sporting and leisure activities, encouraging socialisation and friendships, and

Qualifications

• Understanding of autism to support adult son.
• Promote confidence, life skills, independence and social interactions.

Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments (hospital/doctor) as needed.
• Support with food shopping.
• Encourage access to sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation and participation in activities.
• Promote friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one-to-one working relationship.
• Support with gardening.

Skills

Autism understanding

Trustworthy

Patience

Caring

Job description

Looking for an adult with a good sense of humour, who is also trustworthy and patience. Must have an understanding of autism to support my adult son who is funny, loving and caring. It is most important that the successful applicant will promote my son's confidence, life skills, independence and social interactions in a positive way.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

The employer's hobbies and interests:

• The individual keeps pets in the home.one cat.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with gardening.

The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Transport Requirement

Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Personal Assistant

Company: Penderels Trust Salary: £14.15 Hours: Part-time Location: Nuneaton, CV10 1XX Working pattern: On-site Job type: Permanent Posting date: 15 Jul 2026 Closing date: 6 Sept 2026

Summary

About the Employer

Looking for an adult with a good sense of humour, who is also trustworthy and patience. Must have an understanding of autism to support my adult son who is funny, loving and caring. It is most important that the successful applicant will promote my son's confidence, life skills, independence and social interactions in a positive way.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Mobility / Physical
• Cognitive / Learning

The employer's hobbies and interests:

• Walking
• Reading
• Going out with friends

Other relevant information

• The individual keeps pets in the home.one cat.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with gardening.

The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Transport Requirement

Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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