Vacancy Title: Personal Support Worker

Reference Number: TM7856

Location: Haywards Heath

Hours per week: We are really flexible on hours and have between 3-5 hours per week available. Just let us know when you have availability!

Hourly pay rate: £13.50

Mileage rate (if applicable): 45p per mile

Details

I am looking for care for a: child

The candidate should be: any gender

Driving licence required: yes

Access to own vehicle required: yes

Overnight care required: no

Job Description

Summary

Do you enjoy football and have a particular interest in Brighton and Hove Albion football club or just love football in general? Our 10 year son is passionate about watching his favourite team play at the Amex Stadium. He particularly loves trying to get the players autographs! We are looking for someone to help our son ‘live his best life’ and enjoy time away from our family home. Your role will be supporting our son to watch football matches, visiting farms and zoos, going swimming and traveling on trains and busses.

Our son’s diagnosis of Autism (profile in Aspergers) means that planning activities and days out is important. He is a chatty and enthusiastic child who would get so much from spending time doing activities that he enjoys. We would like his personal support assistant to help and encourage him to gain some independence skills and life skills away from the family home.

Candidate qualities:

Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality

Reliable with good timekeeping

Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative

Hygienic, tidy and well organised

Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties

Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills

Honest and cheerful

Creative

Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard

Must be comfortable with pets

Able to always work to high standards of health & safety

Other Personal Qualities:

Keen to work with an autistic child, who is articulate but with challenges in social communication and sensory processing.

Ideally have some understanding of emotional dysregulation and happy to support someone who is feeling dysregulated.

Employee Duties:

Transportation

Additional duties:

Preparing drinks, snacks, and meals.

Baking with the child

Tidying up after activities.

Shopping

Handling and caring for pets (dog, cat, 2 rabbits and tropical fish) with child.

Teaching independence and life skills.

Visiting/watching Brighton and Hove Albion football games

Collecting footballers’ autographs

Playing football

Visiting places like; swimming pools, parks, zoos, farms and beach.

Using public transport (trains and buses)

Playing Xbox and games within the family home.

Additional requirements

Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.

Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives. Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.