Direct Payment Worker

East Riding; Driffield; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is seeking a Direct Payment Worker to support a 7-year-old boy in Driffield during school holidays. The role involves personal care, assisting activities, and supervising safe participation in community activities.

The candidate should be patient, proactive, and able to work independently with strong communication. A car is required for transport to activities; DBS checks are required and funded by the local authority.

Qualifications

• Motivated, proactive and able to work on own initiative.
• Patience, caring and understanding.
• Good communication skills (clear and effective).
• Able to build positive relationships with the individual to encourage and support.
• Experience supporting someone with additional needs.
• Flexible to accommodate hours of work where necessary.
• Must have use of own car to transport to social activities.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with personal care.
• Assisting access to activities and time in the community.
• Transporting to social activities and events.
• Encouraging social interaction and providing emotional support.

Skills

Patient

Proactive

Clear communication

Empathetic

Car owner

Job description

This is an external vacancy and is not employment with East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

6 hours per week in the school holidays.

About the recipient

The individual is male, 7 years old and resides in Driffield. They require a dedicated and suitable person to support them due to having autism, developmental delay and social communication difficulties.

They like to play with jigsaws, blocks, books and in particular his tablet and watching The Paddington Bear show. He loves to be running, jumping on the trampoline, playing, and exploring outside. He is very sensory, and likes tactile activities such as paint, water, sand, gloop, bubbles he seeks out sensory experience's lights and water.

He needs someone to help him stay safe when out in the community or and at home, sometimes he can get frustrated and throw objects, or refuse to go places. He needs someone who is patient, fun and will help him to experience new activities. He can become easily frustrated when he doesn’t understand what's happening, he needs someone to keep him safe both when outside and indoors. It is important that you support him with his independence, with personal care, and nappy changing.

About the role

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Assisting with personal care.
• Assisting the individual with accessing activities and spending time out in the community.
• Attending/transporting the individual to social activities
• Encouraging social interaction and inclusion and providing emotional support.

About the candidate

The suitable candidate must:

• Be motivated, proactive and able to work on their own initiative.
• Be patient, caring and understanding.
• Have good communication skills (clear and effective communication).
• Be able to build a positive relationship with the individual to both encourage and support them.
• Have previous experience supporting an individual with additional needs.
• Be flexible to accommodate the hours of work where necessary.
• Must have use of own car, to transport individual to social activities

DBS/Reference checks will be required for this post – Cost to be met by the local authority.

Children and Young People, Specialist Services Direct Payments is an in-house service provided by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to support families of Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities to fulfil their potential and aspirations.

Whilst caring experience is always useful, you don’t necessarily need to have worked in care to be a great Direct Payment Worker, the right attitude and a person‑centred approach is more important.

Travel

Some travel across East Riding of Yorkshire may be required, applicants must be able to transport themselves.

DBS/Medical check

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check.

Direct Payment Worker