About the Employer

Personal Assistants required to support 2 autistic teenagers living in family home. To assist mum on outings like going to the park, swimming, and days out to the seaside, also one to one outings once relationship has been built. Hours will mainly be in the school holidays but occasional Saturday may be required. Small amount of personal care may be required (helping with getting dressed).

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Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Invisible

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Other relevant information

• The individual keeps pets in the home.friendly dogs (put away when visitors are there) .

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support with food shopping.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.

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The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Transport Requirement

Car driver preferred but not essential.

Required Skills

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.


Understanding of autism