Social Personal Assistant x 2 positions - LHONCL

Disability North; Newcastle upon Tyne; Vor Ort; GBP 16.000 - 23.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Disability North is seeking two Social Personal Assistants to support a lively 6-year-old boy, Lucas, in Byker, Newcastle. Role involves 2 hours per week during term time and 8 hours per week in school holidays, including weekends, with supervision and personal care as needed.

Pay is £14.00 per hour. A driver is preferred but not essential. You will accompany Lucas to activities, help him access the community, and ensure safety at all times as he is non-verbal and an escape artist.

Qualifikationen

• Experience of working with children with autism and challenging behaviours.
• Able to provide personal care and support, including those who are non-verbal.
• Good level of fitness and resilience for active outings.

Aufgaben

• Support Lucas in accessing local community activities.
• Supervise outings and ensure safety, using provided buggy for outings.
• Assist with personal care and communication through gestures/noises.

Kenntnisse

Autism experience

Challenging behaviours

Resilient

Good fitness

Jobbeschreibung

Social Personal Assistant x 2 positions - LHONCL

2 hours term time per week, 8 hours school holidays per week including weekends (to be arranged). This is 2:1 support.

£14.00 per hour

Lucas is a lively, inquisitive 6-year-old little boy who has autism, he lives with his parents and sibling in Byker, he attends a specialist school in Newcastle along with his brother. Lucas is looking for a personal assistant to accompany and support him to access the local community, and activities of his choice. Lucas loves to go trampolining and soft play; he craves motion and movement play. Lucas would really enjoy accessing the local parks and adventure playgrounds, he must always be supervised though as he is quite the escape artist if left unattended and has no awareness of danger. Lucas likes “cause and effect” toys, especially light up ones. Lucas will require personal care whilst in your care, he is non-verbal and communicates with gestures and noises.

To be Lucas’s personal assistant you must have experience of working with children with autism and challenging behaviours you need to be resilient, with a good level of fitness as Lucas is a strong, sturdy young boy. Lucas uses a buggy for most outings.

A car driver would be preferred but is not essential.

For more information, please see the JOB DESCRIPTION

This vacancy will close as soon as a suitable candidate is appointed.

At the time of starting their employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the U.K.