Specialized Support Staff - Autism Care

Opportunity

Work arrangement

• Full-time, approximately 40 hours per week, typically across six days; work is in person in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Services are primarily provided in the family home and community; candidates must be willing to relocate to Riyadh.
• Schedules may include mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and occasional on-call coverage; domestic and international travel may be required.
• The work involves active physical participation, including walking, running, kneeling, climbing, swimming, and recreational activities.

Daily living and adaptive support

• Provide safe, individualized support at home and in the community; assist with grooming, hygiene, dressing, meals, toileting, and daily routines.
• Encourage independence; prepare meals and snacks as directed; assist with medication only when authorized and trained.
• Maintain sanitary child-related spaces and assist with child-related laundry, meal preparation, and organization.

Behavioral and developmental support

• Implement individualized behavioral and skill-acquisition programs under BCBA and interdisciplinary-team supervision.
• Follow Behavior Intervention Plans, safety procedures, reinforcement systems, and communication programs; collect accurate observations and progress data.
• Support communication, social, adaptive, leisure, play, and community-living skills; participate in competency-based training and apply supervisory feedback.

Recreation, safety, and collaboration

• Facilitate recreation, exercise, swimming, outings, games, arts, and age-appropriate activities; support motor, sensory, and adaptive development under professional direction.
• Monitor safety, follow medical, behavioral, emergency, and crisis-response protocols, and report changes in behavior or wellbeing.
• Collaborate with family and interdisciplinary professionals; maintain documentation, confidentiality, and professional boundaries and respect household expectations and cultural traditions.

Mandatory qualifications

• At least five years of professional experience supporting children or individuals with developmental, behavioral, medical, or special needs, including demonstrated experience with autism or developmental disabilities.
• High school diploma or equivalent and professional fluency in English.
• Current First Aid and CPR certification, or willingness to obtain certification before or shortly after employment.
• At least one relevant professional background, or comparable education, certification, and experience, in nursing, therapy, rehabilitation, special education, ABA, developmental-disability services, child development, exercise science, or a related discipline.
• Ability to commit to at least 24 months, work flexibly, travel when required, and complete background and reference checks.
• Valid driver’s license where driving responsibilities are assigned.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an allied-health, education, behavioral-health, nursing, or rehabilitation discipline.
• RBT, BCAT, or comparable autism-support certification; experience with significant behavioral, communication, or adaptive needs; and supervised behavior-support or skill-acquisition programs.
• Familiarity with AAC, adaptive recreation, swimming, fitness, or community-based programming; experience in private-family, multidisciplinary, or high-service environments.
• Arabic-language proficiency is preferred.

Relocation and support

• Employer-sponsored work visa and relocation assistance are available to eligible international candidates, subject to applicable requirements.
• The role offers experience within a dedicated interdisciplinary clinical and developmental support team.

Application materials

• Applicants are asked to submit a CV, relevant qualification and certification copies, three professional references, and a brief account of relevant support experience.