Female support worker/ personal care assistant - united kingdom, haywards heath, west sussex

job title: female support worker/personal care assistant

location: bolnore village, haywards heath

hourly rate: £10.40

reference: brr7674

hours/shifts: 2 mornings per week e.g. tuesday and friday 10.00am-12.00pm

1 afternoon per week e.g. thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm

summary

• we are looking for a support worker/pa for our daughter aged 7 who has been diagnosed with asd.

• she is able to talk but this is limited. she mostly quotes the various disney and netflix programmes she watches.

• she loves walking in the woods, and going to the park, and drawing and is very slowly learning to write.

• she often draws little people and then rips them from the paper to play games with them. she enjoys dancing with her family in the living room.

• she plays a lot, acting out with dolls and toys what she is watching on her tablet – this can often mean keeping an eye on how much toothpaste she has access to for example.

• the role involves supporting her with day to day activities at home and out and about, keeping her safe and supervised at all times and to enable her to have a more varied experience of the world.

• some personal care such as support with eating and nappy changing will be required.

• you should be experienced in working with children with disabilities, friendly, reliable and trustworthy.

• would be ideal to be a driver with your own car, but not essential.

other requirements

• female required "exemption is claimed under the equality act 2010 part 1 schedule 9.

• non-smoker preferred or someone who is willing to refrain from smoking during work hours.

• ideally have a uk driving licence

• ideally have access to own vehicle

• other :

all applicants must be willing to undertake an enhanced disclosure & barring service check if required.

successful applicants will be entitled to holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.

description

typical duties

domestic -

• helping prepare the child’s meals when needed

• clearing up paper, pens etc when she has been ‘people creating’ with her drawing

personal care:

• changing her nappy and assisting her in toilet training

• assisting her during meal times

social:

• playing and engaging with the child in the home

• taking her out either with the family or on her own to help her grow more confident in the outside world

• help him become both ‘danger aware’ of things like roads and cars and aware of other people and develop appropriate boundaries and relationships.

• using your own car to take the child out when required

• any other tasks to support her development and social enjoyment, as needed.

person specification

the successful applicant will be:

• female due to personal care needs

• experienced in working with children with disabilities

• friendly and approachable

• patient and understanding

• respectful of the employer’s privacy and confidentiality

• reliable with good time-keeping

• able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative

• hygienic, tidy minded and well organised

• fit and healthy to undertake the required duties

• honest and trustworthy

• creative

• able to speak and read english to a reasonable standard

• legally permitted to work in the united kingdom

• able to work at all times to high standards of health & safety

• ideally driver with own car

• able to keep the child safe and supervised at all times

• non-smoker preferred or willing to refrain from smoking at work

previous experience preferred but this is not as essential as a kind and common sense approach to these roles.

please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not independent lives

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