Personal Assistant for a Child with Disabilities
Job description
Personal Assistant for a Child with Disabilities to be directly employed by family under a Direct Payment arrangement.
We are supporting a family to recruit two Personal Assistants to provide support for their child for 2 hours a week both in term and holiday time. This would be on a 2:1 basis due to his epilepsy.
Child’s profile:
The child is a 11-year-old boy who has Autism, Global Developmental Delay and Epilepsy. However, the Epilepsy is currently well controlled.
Support will take place out in the community.
You will support the child to go out for walks, access parks, go shopping, go out for a drink/food.
He has a great memory and has great attention to detail in things he creates. He likes to have one-to-one interaction. He is currently a big fan of Titanic, Roblox and Minecraft so some knowledge in these would be beneficial.
About you:
Desired:
Ideally, you will have the experience of providing support for children and young people, however this is not essential.
If relevant training needs are identified, this will be addressed and sourced by the family who you are employed by.
Applicants must be enthusiastic, caring and passionate about making a difference to children and young people’s lives.
Full UK driving licence and have access to your own vehicle.
Essential:
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Some experience of challenging behaviour is required.
Experience is not as important as attitude and empathy.
All applicants who are employed by families must undertake a new enhanced DBS check which will be funded and carried out by the Powys County Council DBS Team.
About the role:
This position will be under a direct payment arrangement, and your employer will be the family (you would not be employed by Powys County Council directly).
You will be employed directly by the family of the child you support. Powys County Council are not responsible for employment; we are solely acting as an advertiser for PAs.
If desired, please inform the IDS team if you would like to be contacted on behalf of other families looking for support in future. Your information will be held by the IDS Team unless you request us to remove it.
1. Welshpool
2. £12.60 an hour.
For more information, please contact the Team Coordinators Kielfhinn Barnard or Fiona Eaton via email or tel 01597 826604 quoting the reference “345429”.