Female Social Personal Assistant – ARWNCL

Disability North; Walker (MI); On-site; USD 4,600 - 5,600; Part time

Job summary

Disability North seeks an experienced personal assistant to support Ava, a non-verbal girl with autism and sensory processing needs. The role is 5 hours per week at £13.70 per hour, based in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, with school-holiday only schedule and weekend availability.

You will provide personal care, assist with dressing, accompany Ava to activities, and help her access local community resources. Experience with autism is essential to ensure safe supervision and effective coping

Qualifications

• Must have experience working with children with autism.
• Ability to provide personal care and dressing assistance.
• Able to escort and supervise Ava in community activities.

Responsibilities

• Support Ava in accessing the local community.
• Accompany Ava to activities and outings.
• Assist with dressing and personal care as needed.
• Support safe travel by public transport and outings.

Skills

Autism support

Childcare

Personal care

Job description

Hours: 5 hours per week – school holidays times only including weekends.

Area: Walker, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Rate: £13.70 per hour

We are currently recruiting for an experienced personal assistant for a loving young girl with Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, and PICA, due to this Ava always requires full supervision as she will eat non-food items. She resides with her mum and dad and attends specialist educational provisions. Ava also has no awareness of danger and will run at every opportunity, she uses a specialist buggy for outings. This role would suit someone that has full experience working with children with autism and experience is a necessary requirement.

Ava enjoys a variety of sensory stimulating activities including trampolining, swimming and trips to the local parks, she would like to visit and explore new venues with enclosed spaces to widen her experiences within the community. Routine is very important to Ava as she can dysregulate if sudden changes occur and due to her non-verbal autism, she cannot tell you directly what is wrong. Ava uses hand gestures and leading to show and tell you her needs. Ava does have meltdowns so coping strategies to manage these must be demonstrated and implemented to ensure her safety.

Ava enjoys dance & music at home and playing with her animal figures, she loves Moana and YouTube clips. She has a dry food diet, and her favourite snacks are cheese & onion crisps but only the green Golden Wonder ones and she only drinks milk.

The main tasks within this role will include supporting Ava in accessing the local community, accompanying and supporting her to engage in her chosen activities. Personal care is required in this role and assistance with dressing will be required where necessary. Ava may use public transport with the goal of introducing new experiences around travel.

For more information, please see the Job description

There is a genuine occupationalrequirementfor the holder of this post to be male/female in accordance with the Health and SocialCareAct 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and Equality Act 2010 schedule 9 paragraphs 1 – 4.

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.