Please note this is not a Swansea city council job. You will be working with a private client who received direct payments.
A little about myself:
I am a bubbly young boy who is looking for energetic and enthusiastic individuals to take me out and about. I have ASD and a learning disability and will need someone who is patient and understanding who will listen very carefully when I try to communicate. I have some limited speech but will always make sure you know how I feel and what I need.
I love music and will need access to my phone or headphones to play my music at all times to help me stay regulated.
I enjoy walks, love animals and love going out for food. I'm not a big fan of noisy, enclosed spaces where my hearing can become overstimulated.
I love to laugh and have a cheeky sense of humor. I can sometimes be shy and need encouraging to enter new places or engage with new people.
I am afraid of dogs but have been working on this and can now be relatively close to them as long as they are on leads. If they run towards me I can become scared and run in the opposite direction even if this is near a road. I will need someone to support me with danger awareness at all times.
Successful candidate will need to have a driver licence.
I like to go out and about.
After a period of rapport and trust building at home, I will require two PAs to take me out and about to safe and fun spaces for me to use up lots of energy and develop my social independence.
Driver required to take me out.
Female/male preferred. Ratio of 2-1. Currently, due to me being unsettled, I will need two PAs to take me out into the community.
Hours of work:
3 hours x 39 weeks in term time, schedule to be agreed with parents plus 10 miles,
6 hours x 13 weeks in school holidays, schedule to be agreed with parents plus 20 miles.
Rate of pay.
£12.75 per hour after tax and NI.
£0.39p per mile.
Essential:
You must be patient and kind and happy. You must be experienced in working with young people who have ASD and GDD. You must be fast, to keep up with me and stop me from running into unsafe places. You must be able to swim competently and be happy to take me swimming or playing in the water.
Desirable: I’d prefer if:
I will need my PA to:
This next bit is standard so you won’t need to do anything to it.
Respect and understand the importance of privacy and confidentiality.
Be confident, mature and have patience.
Be dependable and arrive on time.
Be friendly with an easy-going manner.
Be adaptable and flexible.
Be supportive but not take over.
Have business insurance on your car to take clients out.
Concerning the position
A trial period will be necessary in the first instance in the form of a six-month probationary period. Salary will be paid monthly (Annual leave is calculated on a pro rata basis). A DBS MUST be processed prior to any commencement of employment. Costs of DBS will be met by Swansea council where applicant is eligible.