Autism Care Rochdale

| Hello , My name is Alice I'm a friendly bubbly 23 year old Women. I have experience with Children with Autism as I have a little brother with it & always makes sure he has his needs . I will cook tasty meals for your child & go with a daily routine that I will provide myself but if your child has certain needs please let me know

| I have been doing volunteer work with children's with Autism and ADHD children's two time a month I volunteer myself at my church nursery. Also I have live experience with people with Down Syndrome, my young brother (well he is not young anymore he is 24 now) who have Down Syndrome and me and my brothers we never treat him differently from any other child he had the same education like us but with more LOVE of corse. Same with Autism I have a nephew with Autism and all family have been working together for his progression.

| I currently work part-time as a healthcare and teaching assistant at a residential special school following maternity leave and am looking for extra work that I can fit around my own childcare needs. I have been at my current school for 2 years and have worked and volunteered at several other organisations previously, including the national autistic society. I have worked with individuals with a variety of conditions and care needs. I have experience with challenging behaviour, autism, epilepsy, gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, medication administration, asthma, diabetes, hoists, standing frames amongst other things. I love working with SEND children and will ensure they're in a safe, happy, healthy and stimulating environment while I am with them.

| I have experience as a Nanny for a 5 year old non verbal child with Autism. In this role I assisted him with tailored communication and learning, provided all care including personal care, and most importantly provided friendship and entertaining. For the last 2 years I have also been a personal assistant for a variety of adults with additional needs such as Autism, Schizophrenia and blindness. In this time I mostly provide companionship and days out to support them and their families, and help with any tasks needed in their home. I have also been a live in Personal Assistant (2 days a week) for a year. This was with a lady with Multiple Sclerosis and other health conditions in a wheelchair. In my time here I took care of all aspects of care such as dressing, medicine administration, personal care, cooking, housework, dog walking and companionship. I am also experienced with supra public catheter care.

| I have over 10 year's experience in working with children from 4-11 years old with Special Educational Needs. This includes supporting children with Autism, ADHD, Downs Syndroms, Cystic Fibrosis, Global Development. I have gained all this experience in working on a one to one basis with the child and working with small groups of children in a Primary School setting. I am very much dedicated in this line of work and I am happy to work as many hours as needed. I am available for babysitting, over the holidays, or live in/live out positions.

| I'm currently working as a supply SEN learning support assistant in schools for monarch education, I also have experience working a carer in residential property caring for 3 service users with a small team of support workers how care for the residents with 24hrs support I support with all personal care medications and do sleep in shifts, I have also cared for my son who is now 23 he has cerebral palsy and is a wheelchair user he is a happy independent young man that needs me less now he's older but still lives at home and supported by me and his family. I have experience great experience looking after children including those with autism and behavior issues and have dealt with Epilepsy suport I'm emergency first aid trained I have a current dbs for on the up date service.

| I have four and a half years experience working as a one to one special needs teaching assistant in two mainstream primary schools. I have recently started additional paid work in supporting a highly autistic child outside of school for a family who required someone to take him out for swimming once every few weeks. I have supported children with autism and global developmental delay who displayed complex learning needs in addition to physical needs. I worked closely with a Speech & Language therapist and carried out interventions on her behalf. I have experience in teaching picture exchange communication (PECS) in order to aid communication. I have an Autism Level 1 certificate, and will soon be undertaking the Level 2 certificate. I am currently supporting a seven year old girl on a full time basis as she is highly autistic and displays challenging behaviour.