Personal Assistant for a happy bubbly boy

Ref: NDS8580

Location: Chichester

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Details

This role is to support a Child

Drivers licence required:

Employment status:

Employed

Hours per week:

Term time: 4 hours per week outside school hours. School holiday: 8 hours per week, flexible.

Hourly pay rate:

£12.21 per hour. Mileage expenses @ 45p per mile

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We’re looking for a kind, patient and easy-going person to spend time with our lovely 6-year-old son who has severe autism and is non-verbal. He’s a happy, bubbly soul with lots of love to give, and we’d love to find someone who can help him enjoy the world around him and come out of his shell.

He loves the outdoors — walking in the woods, playing with leaves, visiting quiet play parks, blowing bubbles, and splashing at the beach in the summer. He also enjoys travelling on buses and exploring local places (having a car is a plus, but not essential).

Your role would be to be a friend and companion: to plan simple, fun outings, keep him safe, and help him communicate his needs using visual supports.

If you’re patient, caring, and full of positive energy, this could be a truly rewarding role.

Duties include:

Transportation
Companionship
Dressing / undressing
Bathroom assistance

Accessing social and leisure activities e.g. Walks, going to the park, swimming, clubs, days out, cinema etc
The above duties will involve using your own car (if you have one)/public transport

Candidate qualities:

Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
Reliable with good timekeeping
Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
Hygienic, tidy and well organised
Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
Honest and cheerful
Creative
Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
Must be comfortable with pets
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

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.

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.

Please note: If you do not hear back within three weeks of applying, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

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