Personal Assistant (PA)/Support Worker
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About the Direct Payment Holder
Two energetic, vigilant, and reliable Personal Assistants are required to provide 2:1 support for a young person with autism.
Hours and rate of pay hours
Support will be for 4 hours every two weeks, on either a Saturday or Sunday, to accompany them on community outings.
£18.92 per hour
Location
Luton (LU2)
DBS/Checks
Confirmation of DBS check
Right to Work and references will be needed.
What you would be doing…
Key Responsibilities
· Provide close, continuous supervision for a non-verbal child with complex needs
· Engage in safe, structured sensory activities at his developmental level
· Follow strict home safety protocols, particularly regarding gates and external access
· Support with personal care needs (nappy changing, feeding, toileting)
· Maintain a calm, reassuring presence throughout the session
· Providing safe and active supervision during community outings.
· Ensuring the young person's safety at all times by maintaining close physical presence.
· Supporting them to engage positively in activities.
· Working alongside another PA as part of a 2:1 support arrangement
Required skills and experience
Seeking a kind, patient, and safety-conscious support worker to spend two hours per week providing consistent care for a 9-year-old non-verbal boy with severe autism.
· Experience supporting autistic, non-verbal, or profoundly disabled children
· Calm, warm, and emotionally resilient, with a nurturing approach
· Confidence in managing high sensory needs and occasional behavioural challenges
· Physically capable of assisting a child who may become resistive or floppy
· Vigilant and able to focus on safety at all time
· Enhanced DBS (on update service preferred)
· Car owner/driver – Essential (due to lack of public transport)
· Physically fit and energetic, able to keep up with a very active young person.
· Patient, reliable, and vigilant, with excellent awareness of safety.
· Experience supporting children or young people with autism and high physical needs is desirable.
· Able to work collaboratively with another PA to provide consistent care.
Please send a CV (with 2 references) and a covering letter explaining why you would suit this role. Thank you.
* Sponsorship is not available for this role *
* No agencies please *
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: Up to £18.92 per hour
Expected hours: 4 per week
Work Location: In person