RECRUITMENT FOR A PERSONAL (PA) 13 year old with Autism Leeds LS11
My son is 13 and a half & nearly 6ft. He has a diagnosis of autism, auditory processing difficulties & asthma. My son has sensory sensitivities, follows his own agenda, a high level of anxiety related to expectations and rigidity, difficulties with social over-exposure and social engagement. His vulnerability therefore requires constant reassurance and the need to feel safe. His panic disorder can escalate resulting in hyperventilation.
My son is a kind, caring, sensitive & well behaved child.
POSITIVE ACTIVITIES: OUTDOOR ADVENTURES,BUSHCRAFT, ANIMALS, ZOO’S, FARMS, GARDENING, WALKS IN FOREST TYPE LOCATIONS & NATURE, FISHING, COOKING, COMPUTERS ALONG OTHER INTERESTS.
ARE YOU THE IDEAL PERSON TO BE A PA & WORK EVENINGS OR WEEKENDS? Supporting my son in gaining Life Skills & Confidence out in the community.
4 HOURS WEEKLY @ £9.18 PER HOUR
BASE: IN OUR HOME & OUTDOORS (LS11)
ACCOUNTABILITY – AS THE EMPLOYER THE PA WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE & DIRECTED BY ME. THE SESSION PLAN WILL BE PROVIDED BY ME & ALL SUPPORT/CHANGES MUST BE AGREED FIRST. EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM IS ESSENTIAL. ACTIVE LISTENING SKILLS AS HE NEEDS TO FEEL LISTENED TO & SAFE.
Leeds Centre for Integrated Living (Leeds CIL) is a Disabled Peoples User Led Organisation (DPULO) that believes disabled and older people and families with disabled children have the right to an independent life.
We formed in 1998 as a Leeds City Council Adult Social Care business unit employing 20 people. The organisation was co-run by an advisory group of disabled people from Leeds as the Management Committee of the Centre and Adult Social Care (ASC).
In 2009 the Committee made a request to take complete control of the organisation and run it as a user-led, not-for-profit business. A project was carried out to achieve this and Leeds CIL became a social enterprise with the legal status of a Company Limited by Guarantee in April 2011. We are now run by a Management Board of disabled people and have charitable status.
Leeds CIL uses a social model of disability approach to:
Our Independent Living Teams support disabled people of all ages to take control of any help they need with personal care, daily living tasks and getting out and about in their community. This includes supporting people to recruit, manage and pay their own support workers, usually called Personal Assistants (PAs). Employing PAs enables our customers to choose who they want to provide their support and how and when the support is provided, to suit their and their families' lifestyles.
Our customers include individual disabled and older people, parents with disabled children and carers of disabled adults.