Weekend Sen Nanny/manny

**Job type**: Permanent, Part time
**Location**: Belsize Park, Greater London
£18 - £20 per hour depending on experience
**Recruiter**: SENNIES
**Sector**: Education

Weekend Sennie (SEN NANNY/MANNY) for B6

SENNIES is pleased to be working alongside this fantastic family to find a weekend Sennie for their lovely little boy in North London. They are a friendly, international family who are very easy to talk to. Both parents work in hybrid roles in the tech industry and are involved/responsive parents. The family have an excellent full-time Sennie who works during the week and will support the new Sennie in building a trusting relationship with B6. The family is keen to find a Sennie who will give context in situations, give B6 advance notice of what to expect, support B6 if he becomes stressed/dysregulated, and keep him safe whilst ensuring he feels supported.

**Additional needs present**: Autism

**Location**: Belsize Park, NW3

**Wage / Salary**: £18- £20 per hour gross depending on experience

**Driver**: Non-essential

**Live in/out**: Live out

**Pets**: None

**Days & Hours**:
Saturday OR Sunday - Ideally 11 am - 5 pm but can be flexible

**Additional hours also available if required**:
Ad hoc babysitting, primarily evenings

1 or 2 school pickups on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3 pm - 7 pm.

**Start Date**: ASAP

**Essential Skills/Traits**:
Previous work experience with Autism/Autistic children
Calm, patient, understanding and proactive approach, especially in relation to communication
Demonstrable experience supporting distressed behaviours
Physically fit and active and enjoys being outdoors in nature
Knowledge or understanding of therapies such as speech and language and occupational therapy and/or understanding of strategies that work best for autistic individuals and how to implement these at home
Organised and capable of planning activities and days out
Likes music, singing and rhymes.
Prior experience in communicating with children with delayed speech/semi verbal.

**About B6**: B6 is a cheerful little boy who loves animals, trains and transport, all kinds of music, being outdoors and appreciating nature, going on excursions, food and cooking/baking, numbers and shapes, building things, playing with sand and water, trampoline and gymnastics, being read to. The family have a strong sense that he will excel in mathematics

B6 has a diagnosis of Autism with delayed verbal communication. Currently, he can use short, simple sentences. The family is actively encouraging him to speak to ask for things, or when engaging in an activity, support building upon his independence. They are also aware that sometimes, verbalising can be hard/tiring for B6, so it is important to also respond to his nonverbal communication and incorporate language modelling when interacting with him. B6 is in the process of moving school, so he is a bit unsettled. Therefore he needs someone calm, patient, and happy to explain proactively using words and visuals during a time of change.