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Penderels Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Penderels Trust is seeking a Personal Assistant to support Jake, a 19-year-old with ADHD, autism, and a mild learning disability. The role focuses on building confidence, supporting travel, appointments, and social activities in a calm, patient, and clear manner.

You will help with daily living tasks, accompany Jake on journeys, encourage independent decision-making, and support planning and completing tasks with plenty of time for processing information.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with autism or learning disabilities preferred.
• Ability to work with adults in a community/home setting.
• Good communication and boundary-setting skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care support (toileting, bathing, dressing) as needed.
• Assist with cooking and meal planning.
• Support with household chores and homemaking tasks.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Patience

Reliability

Job description

About the Employer

Jake is 19 years old and has diagnoses of ADHD, Autism and a mild learning disability. Jake experiences low confidence when accessing the community independently and can become anxious about the possibility of something going wrong while he is out alone. His anxiety can also cause him to feel that he needs to use the bathroom frequently, which can make going out and travelling independently more difficult. Jake would benefit from support from a Personal Assistant to help him build confidence in the community, access activities and appointments safely, plan and complete journeys, and gradually develop his independence. The PA should provide reassurance when Jake becomes anxious while encouraging him to make his own choices and complete tasks for himself wherever possible. Support should be calm, patient and consistent, with clear communication and enough time for Jake to process information and feel comfortable in unfamiliar situations.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Invisible: Autism, mild learning Disability

Other relevant information

• The individual keeps pets in the home: Two Cats.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• 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 managing paperwork & correspondence.
• Support with gardening.
• Building Jakes confidence in community and reducing fear that bad things will happen to him.

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).