Overview
Personal Assistant Vacancy
Location: Dover, Kent
£13 per hour
Term Time: 5 hours per week. Non-Term Time: 10 hours per week.
Responsibilities
* Being flexible to adapt to his preferences on what he wants to do and recognising his cues for this, e.g. wanting to leave the park or allowing him to lead the way on a walk with no obvious destination.
* Supporting him both inside and outside of the home and supporting him transitioning from one to the other.
* Helping him to develop social skills.
* Being responsible for his personal care needs, e.g. changing his incontinence pants, helping him clean himself up after a meal, assisting him in changing his clothing when required.
Other requirements
* Establishing and maintaining effective communication with the child and their parents, maintaining confidentiality. Following his cues for his wants and needs due to being non-verbal and sometimes anticipating his needs if he cant communicate them himself.
* Always ensuring the safety of the child.
* Being physically fit, he is a very active child and prefers to be outside going on long walks and going to the park.
Requirements for applicant
* Experience with non verbal children is desired
* Understanding of ADHD essential
* Flexible, reliable and honest
* Physically fit, agile and energetic
* Understanding of autism essential
* DBS Check will be completed
Application
If interested please send CV
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