Personal Care Assistant

Leeds DP & PA Support Hub; Leeds; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local support organization in Leeds is seeking a compassionate Personal Assistant for a 13-year-old boy with autism. This flexible role involves 4 hours per week, plus extra during school holidays. Key responsibilities include building trust, assisting with community activities like trips to parks and trampoline visits, and ensuring constant supervision for safety. Ideal candidates will have experience in autism support and effective communication skills using visuals and modeling techniques.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Pro-rata holidays

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate using short sentences and visuals.
• Experience working with children who have autism.
• Capability to provide constant supervision due to safety concerns.

Responsibilities

• Build a trusting relationship in the home.
• Assist the child in community activities and outings.
• Encourage communication through modeling.

Skills

Communication using visuals

Ability to supervise

Experience with children with autism

Job description

£12.70 per hour (gross) at all times with 5.6 weeks pro rata holidays. We are advertising this personal assistant role of our 13 years old son, who has diagnosis of Autism for 4 hours per week plus an additional 2 in school holidays. Hours can be arranged in advance with parents to provide greater flexibility. Initially the PA will build a relationship in the home and then start to access the community with him. Likes trips to the park and trampolining. How he communicates: He uses some words and short sentence to communicate my wants and needs. He is good at using visuals like my choice board and aided language displays - make sure he gains an adult's attention prior to initiating communication. He has gestalt processing so sometimes my phrases don't match what he means, learns through modelling. He will need supervision all the time, as do not have any awareness of danger. Things he likes:

• Playgrounds
• Intensive interaction
• Trampoline
• Swimming

Things he does not like:

• Loud noises
• Other children upset
• People in my personal space
• Physical touch from unfamiliar adults