We are looking to for a Personal Care Assistant to provide weekly support to a young adult Autistic male with Learning Disability, Epilepsy, and Social Anxiety. The role will require support for all aspects of personal care, as well as engaging the client in activities such as craft or baking.
Hourly Rate – £13.93 or if you are self-employed, please provide rates on application
For further information, please refer to the job description and person spec below.
Job purpose:
To assist with a variety of tasks which will enable and assist the person who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.
The role will require support for all aspects of personal care, as well as engaging the client in activities such as craft or baking.
While initially six hours / week, this role could extend to involve live-in or overnight support.
About the individual:The role is to give support to young adult Autistic male with Learning Disability, Epilepsy, and Social Anxiety. The client is non-verbal and has complex care needs as a result of his conditions. He can become agitated and frustrated if not understood, leading to self-harming behaviour. He needs support with all aspects of his life, including all aspects of personal care.
He enjoys craft activities, baking, and sensory activities such as bubbles, shredding paper, or PlayDoh.
He finds it hard to transition from one place or activity to another, so great patience is required to support him during these times.
Support to:
§ Carry out favourite activities e.g. craft, baking
§ Time with sensory activities e.g. bubbles, shredding, PlayDoh
§ Helping with preferred screen-based activities
§ Transitioning from one activity to the next
§ In time, to extend to taking the client out on trips to favourite places
Personal Care: for example,
§ Support with personal hygiene
§ Support with dressing
§ Support with toileting
§ Preparation of meals
§ Giving Epilepsy medication (this is given covertly as per the Learning Disability Team)
Depending on timings, could include domestic duties: for example,
§ cooking and serving nutritious meals and snacks
§ cleaning, changing linen, laundry, ironing
These duties may vary from day-to-day
§ Values: 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, understands equality and diversity, has a good sense of humour.
§ Specific requirements: experience of supporting similar clients, especially non-verbal Autistic clients with Learning Disability.
Skills, qualifications and experience
Essential:
§ confidentiality
§ good at building relationships
§ a willingness to learn to communicate with the client
§ ability to support people with behaviours which challenge
Preferred: list the desirable skills, qualifications and experience that you would like your personal assistant to have, for example:
§ good communicator
§ likes dogs
§ driving licence
§ car and appropriate insurance
Essential: If self-employed
§ Provide evidence of self-employment such as Public Liability Insurance, Terms and Conditions, tax reference number.
§ DBS Check will be required
§ Legally Able to Work in UK
For more information or to discuss the role further, please contact Mark on 01202 546800.
Please send your CV and covering letter detailing your suitability for the role to [email protected]
Job Type: Part-time
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
