Personal Care Assistant

People Plus Group LTD; Dover; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A support service provider in Dover seeks a Personal Assistant to support a non-verbal child in community activities and social skills development. The role requires flexibility and physical fitness as tasks include ensuring safety during outdoor walks and assisting with personal care needs. Ideal candidates understand ADHD and autism while maintaining effective communication with the child and parents. The position offers a pay of £13 per hour for 5 hours a week during term time and 10 hours per week during non-term time.

Qualifications

• Experience with non-verbal children is desired.
• Understanding of ADHD and autism essential.
• Flexible, reliable, and honest.
• Physically fit, agile, and energetic.

Responsibilities

• Support the child socially in the community.
• Help develop social skills.
• Ensure safety during activities.
• Assist with personal care needs.

Skills

Experience with non-verbal children

Understanding of ADHD

Understanding of autism

Flexibility

Reliability

Physical fitness

Job description

Overview

Personal Assistant Vacancy

Job Purpose: To support my child typically outside of the home and socially within the community. Will typically involve going for walks, to parks familiar to him, with occasional opportunities to take him for dinner, shopping, etc.

Responsibilities

• Being flexible to adapt to his preferences and recognizing cues (e.g., wanting to leave the park or allowing him to lead the way on a walk with no obvious destination).
• Supporting him both inside and outside the home and helping him transition between settings.
• Helping him to develop social skills.
• Being responsible for his personal care needs (e.g., changing incontinence pants, helping him clean up after meals, assisting with changing clothing when required).

Other requirements

• Establishing and maintaining effective communication with the child and his parents, maintaining confidentiality. Following his cues for wants and needs due to being non-verbal and sometimes anticipating his needs if he cannot communicate them himself.
• Always ensuring the safety of the child.
• Being physically fit; he is a very active child and prefers to be outside on long walks and at the park.

Qualifications and experience

• Experience with non-verbal children is desired.
• Understanding of ADHD essential.
• Understanding of autism essential.
• Flexible, reliable and honest.
• Physically fit, agile and energetic.
• DBS check will be completed.

Location

Dover, Kent

Position details

Number of PA roles available: 1 (however also willing to explore job sharing if a good fit).

Compensation

£13 per hour

Term/time commitment

Term Time: 5 hours per week
Non-Term Time: 10 hours per week

Application

If interested please send CV