Purplebu

My Requirements

Seeking support 32.5 hours a week for home educated special needs 7 year old boy. Term time only so 38 weeks a year. Start date to be confirmed, for the right candidate we can be flexible-I’m hoping after the May half term but there is a chance it could be after the summer holidays.

The role involves:
- Driving to activities. Your own car will be needed, but petrol will be paid.
- encouraging him to engage with his tutor at home
- Facilitating positive social interactions with other children. Eg visits to the park and soft play
- Playing educational app games with him
- Practice reading with him
- Arts and crafts
- Sensory play type activities
- Supporting him to complete pages from workbooks
- Monitoring his levels of dysregulation and doing physical exercises to help calm him. Training and coaching on this will be provided
- Supporting him to recognise and manage his emotions in appropriate ways
- Following recommendations from occupational therapist and speech and language therapist
- Attending OT and SALT appointments and groups with him
- Supporting him to clean up after occasional toilet accidents.
- Supporting him to gain life skills such as keeping his room tidy (ish) and making basic food

Elliott is an intelligent engaging child who is fully verbal who when well supported and cared for is a joy to be around. He can have some challenging behaviour so a successful candidate will need a big heart filled with kindness and patience and you will be fine. He has poor understanding and awareness of danger, he is stronger that he realises much of the time and when upset he can run off and climb dangerously so when not at home he requires your full attention. He’s a very affectionate boy once he gets to know you so be ready for lots of hugs! He loves Pokémon, power rangers, Harry Potter and gemstones/rocks.

Paediatric first aid certificate essential. DBS required. Recent safeguarding training needed or to be done upon successful application.

Special needs experience desirable although training will be provided.

Bonus points for knowledge and understanding of SPD and PDA