Personal Assistant / Support Worker (P/T)

Hours: 2 – 12 hrs per week (Variable). Days / Hours: Variable – between the hours Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm (earliest start 8am – latest finish 6pm). Flexible to be discussed at interview. Rate per hour: £13.45.

Duties

Provide support and companionship to a teenage boy with Autism and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) who stays with his family in the Stewarton area. Confidentiality is paramount.

Social Support

Support will initially be within the family home with the goal of gradually moving to the local community, encouraging and accompanying him to social activities such as cinema and swimming. He loves animals and would enjoy attending Animal Assisted Therapy at a local farm.

Personal Care

He struggles with hygiene and continence tasks; the assistant will be mindful of when these tasks are needed and encourage him positively without directly telling him what to do.

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