Hours: 2 hours term time and 5 hours school holidays including weekends
Area: Elswick, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Rate: £13.00 per hour
Nayel is a lovely 6-year-old. He has a diagnosis non-verbal Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder. He lives with his mum, dad and sister and has the bonus of having Grandpa and Grandma living with him, which he loves, the family regularly attend Mosque together. Nayel attends a specialist school setting where he is thriving and enjoys his time there, he currently uses Makaton and communication cards however he will show and lead to attain his needs too. Nayel has a fixation of all things that have a mechanism so he will spend time opening and closing doors and locks, turning switches on and off and generally being inquisitive about how things operate.
He has a keen interest in transport and the vehicles used in transport and loves nothing better than getting ready to spend the day out with his daddy on the buses, metros and ferries across the region, he is a dab hand at planning routes and knows all the local bus routes and metro stops, and don’t try to change the route as he will know you have gone another way, he is currently looking for a personal assistant to accompany and assist him to continue on his journeys and trips to some activities he would like to take part in, he would like to visit the local parks and trampoline centres, he is also keen to start visiting on occasion Pizza Hut or KFC as he has tried these food outlets and has enjoyed his time there.
Nayel loves water but has no sense of danger so always needs full supervision, swimming would be considered but local pond areas and lakes are to be avoided. Nayel uses a stroller or a wrist strap when out, but him or mum will lead in his choice of apparatus.
This role requires personal care in the form of nappy changes should it be required and assistance with feeding and drinking will be required.
At home Nayel enjoys sensory toys with textures and his iPad which he has some favourite programs on, he will repeat things frequently on the iPad if he finds something he really enjoys.
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This vacancy will close as soon as a suitable candidate is appointed.
At the time of starting their employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the U.K.