Personal Assistant Lp

Job title: Personal Assistant (PA)
Reporting to: The Employer
Location: Wednesfield, Wolverhampton WV11
Job purpose:
To assist with a variety of tasks which will assist the person who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.
About the employer:
Our client is an 12-year-old boy living in the Wednesfield area who has a diagnosis of ASD, Autism and Learning Difficulties. As a result of our client’s condition, he is significantly delayed in his development and is non-verbal. Our client communicates his needs and wishes via hand flapping and can make sounds and gestures to express himself, and he uses some Makaton.
Main duties:
Social duties
 Going to the park
 Support to take part in activities that our client enjoys
 Plan new activities
Personal care: Support with personal care wen required. Our client is incontinent.
These duties may vary from day-to-day.
Type of person that you/they are looking for:
 Values: someone that is honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, ability to build good relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, able to work alone, positive, willingness to travel and understands equality & diversity.
 Specific requirements: someone with previous experience of working with children with Autism & Learning Difficulties.
Hours of work: 8 hours per Month – 1:1 support
Rate of pay: £12.30 per hour
Skills, qualifications, and experience
Essential:
 driving licence
 car and appropriate insurance
 previous experience in this role
 creative
 confidentiality
 good at building relationships
 specialist communication skills, Makaton
Preferred:
 good communicator
 a good listener
 ability to support people with behaviours which challenge.
Successful applicants will require DBS checks & Employment References.
This role is funded by the Local Authority and is paid 4 weekly