Support Assistant MP3002

Independent Lives; Billingshurst; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A support organization is seeking a personal assistant in Billingshurst to help an individual with Autism. Responsibilities include supporting community access, attending activities, and fostering independence. Candidates should be respectful, fit, and possess excellent interpersonal skills. A driver’s license and own vehicle are necessary. The position may offer employed or self-employed options with potential holiday pay.

Qualifications

• Non-smoker preferred or willing to refrain from smoking during working hours.
• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard.
• Patient with good interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Support access to local community activities.
• Assist with exercise-based activities.
• Encourage social skills and independence.
• Help with shopping and transportation.

Skills

Respectful of privacy and confidentiality

Excellent interpersonal skills

Able to follow instructions

Fit and healthy

Reliable

Organised, creative & resourceful

Job description

Overview

Location: Billingshurst

Details

This role is to support a man. Driver’s licence required: Yes. Own vehicle needed: Yes.

Hours per week: 10 hours per week. Hours to be worked on Tuesday, Friday and one day over the weekend. Exact times to be agreed with employer.

I am a 20 yr. old man with Autism & Learning needs living with my parents, my two sisters and our dogs in a remote area near Billingshurst. I am looking for a PA to assist me to access my local community, attend exercise and activities I enjoy and to promote my independence. I am a very sociable and easy-going person and love cinema, swimming, shopping and Sonic the Hedgehog. I also like helping people so would love it if you could help me to find somewhere I could volunteer for a few hours each week. I get anxious in large crowds and queues, and I don’t like unpredictable sounds, they make me nervous. On Mon, Wed & Thurs I attend Brinsbury College to study Animal Care.

Duties

• Shopping
• Transportation
• Accompany me to access my local community using your own vehicle
• Encourage me to improve my social skills and improve my independence
• Assist me to attend exercise-based activities I enjoy such as swimming and walking, also to accompany me to the cinema and shopping
• Encourage me to keep in contact with my friends and to feel more comfortable using my mobile
• Walk my dogs with me in the fields around my house
• Help to improve social and community related skills
• Other relevant duties as required

Candidate qualities

• Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
• Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
• Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
• Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
• Reliable and clear headed
• Organised, creative & resourceful

Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours

Notes

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.

*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9