About the Employer

Our daughter is a very happy but vulnerable young lady with autism and learning difficulties . She enjoys music and singing and watching cake making on tv. We need a support worker to take her out and about in the local community and day trips for fun times ! The support worker would have to have some understanding and experience of working with very vulnerable people and how to keep them safe . We have 10 hours per week for the right person

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Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Cognitive / Learning • Invisible

autism and learning difficulties diagnosis

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The employer's hobbies and interests:

• music• singing

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Other relevant information

• The individual has allergies. celiac desease - so no gluten. • The individual keeps pets in the home.cat.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.

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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 and car owner – must have business insurance.

Required Skills

• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.• Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
• Have a lively personality.