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UDirect Support; Great Strickland; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension scheme

Flexible working pattern

Job summary

Ceredigion County Council Direct Payment Support Service in Great Strickland is seeking a Personal Assistant to support a four-year-old autistic boy. The role involves assisting him to access a school holiday club twice a week and providing additional hours during term time, with close supervision and focus on safety.

You will assist with personal care, emotional regulation, and communication using communication boards.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to access School Holiday Club twice a week and additional hours during term time
• Supervise at all times with safety focus
• Assist with personal care, emotional regulation, and communication (using communication boards)
• Engage child in outdoor activities and play (open spaces, water, stones, letters/numbers, spins)
• Support with social and learning activities aligned to child interests

Job description

Personal Assistant (Child) Great Strickland WAF051-JC

4 year old Autistic boy who needs support to access School Holiday Club twice a week and additional hours during term time.

Advertised on behalf of a family:

My son is non-verbal and autistic who will require support with personal care, emotional regulation and communication. He is working on using communication boards.

He must be supervised all the time. He is an excellent climber and has no concept of risk at all. He does not respond to his name but has started to respond to a verbal cue to get down if he's on something he shouldn't be.

He loves to be outside, he enjoys open spaces where he can run back and forth and look at the sky. He loves water and plopping stones. He likes letters and numbers and anything that spins. He also enjoys soft play, music and arts and crafts.

Holiday Entitlement: 5.6 weeks pro-rata or Rolled Up Holiday Pay (Employed PA)

Benefits: Employers Pension Scheme, Flexible working pattern (Employed PA)

Ceredigion County Council Direct Payment Support Service