Personal Assistant

Job title: Personal Assistant (PA)

Reporting to: The Employer

Location: Belbroughton, Stourbridge DY9

Job purpose:
To assist with a variety of tasks which will assist the person who needs care and support to live their personal and social life according to their wishes and interests.

About the employer:
Our client is an 8-year-old boy living in the Belbroughton area of Worcestershire who is looking to recruit a Personal Assistant to provide support for 5 hours over the weekends.

Our client has special educational needs, is non-verbal, autistic, and has ADHD and Global Development Delay.

Main duties:
**Social duties**:

- Support within the home.
- Attend social & educational activities in the local area.

These duties may vary from day-to-day.

Type of person that you/they are looking for:

- **Values** someone that is honest, reliable, punctual, non-judgemental, ability to build good relationships based on trust and respect, flexible, adaptable, easy going, able to work alone, positive, willingness to travel, understands equality and diversity.
- **Specific requirements**: someone with previous experience of working with children with special educational needs.

Hours of work: 5 hours per week over the weekend. Rate of pay: £12.50 per hour Skills, qualifications, and experience

**Essential**:

- driving licence
- car and appropriate insurance
- experience of working with children with special educational needs
- confidentiality
- good at building relationships

**Preferred**:

- good communicator
- a good listener
- ability to support people with complex care needs.

**Successful applicants will require DBS checks & Employment References.**

**This role is funded by the Local Authority and is paid 4 weekly.**

**Job Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: £12.50 per hour

Expected hours: 5 per week

Schedule:

- Weekend availability
- Weekends only

Work Location: On the road

Reference ID: KW/HH/0224