Direct Payment Worker

Driffield Infant School; Hessle; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

East Riding Council advertises an external vacancy for a Direct Payment Worker to support a young person with needs. The role involves personal care, enabling participation in community activities, and accompanying to social events, with emphasis on privacy and dignity.

Due to a genuine occupational requirement, a female worker is preferred. DBS/reference checks are required; travel across East Riding may be necessary and access arrangements will be provided by the local authority.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates empathy, compassion and person-centred approach.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with the young person.
• Patience and resilience to support learning and development.
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative.
• Flexible to accommodate varying hours and duties.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care.
• Help the individual access activities and spend time in the community.
• Attend/transport the individual to social activities.
• Encourage social interaction and provide emotional support.

Skills

Empathy

Clear communication

Patience

Initiative

Flexibility

Job description

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

The individual is female, 7 years old and resides in Hessle. They require a dedicated and suitable person to support them due to having Autistic Spectrum Disorder with attendant communication difficulties and learning difficulties.

They like exploring communities in a safe environment.

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:

• Female support worker due to delivering personal care.
• 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.

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.

Genuine occupancy reason

A genuine occupational requirement for a female worker exists for this post under the Equality Act 2010 due to privacy and decency.

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.

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