Personal Assistant to support 16 year old boy 4h pw £9.90/hr in LS16
Job title: Personal assistant (PA)
Location: Leeds Ls16
Job purpose:
■ To assist with a variety of tasks which will enable/assist the young person with autism and
learning difficulties who needs care and support to live their personal and social life
according to their wishes and interests.
About me:
■ I am a 16 years old boy with autism, learning difficulties and epilepsy (which is under control with epilim tablets) who enjoys
sensory/messy play and going out and about. My autism means I struggle to
understand what is expected of me. I am non verbal, have no sense of danger
and sensitive to sound, smell or touch.
■ When I am out of my comfort zone I may present with challenging behaviour so I need
someone who is patient and can support me at my own pace.
Main duties:
■ Social duties, support to:
■ take part in active and sensory play;
■ developing my confidence outdoors;
■ accompany me to the park, farm, swimming, or other activities that I may enjoy;
■ Personal care, for example support with dressing, eating or changing nappy.
Type of person that I am looking for:
■ reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, ability to build good relationships based on trust
and respect, flexible, adaptable, positive, willingness to travel, understands equality
and diversity;
What you can expect:
This is a great opportunity to share meaningful experiences with a teenager with autism,
enhance your CV, and develop your skills for your future career.
Hours of work:
4 hours each week term time, with an extra 2 hours in school holidays;
Rate of pay:
£9.90 per hour Monday to Sunday;
Skills, qualifications and experience:
■ ability to support people with behaviours which challenge;
■ car;
■ confidentiality;
■ specialist communication skills, Makaton, or a willingness to learn;
If you are interested in supporting this child, please apply via UKCIL
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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.