Direct Payment Worker

East Riding of Yorkshire Council; Londesborough; On-site; GBP 4,800 - 5,600; Part time

Job summary

East Riding of Yorkshire Council advertises an external vacancy for a Direct Payment Worker to support two brothers near Londesborough. This placement is not employment with the council and is funded via Direct Payments.

The successful candidate will help the children access activities, transport to social events, and provide emotional support in a calm, patient, person-centred manner. DBS checks are required; own car is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Be calm & patient in stressful situations.
• Be caring and understand that all behaviour is communication.
• Be willing to learn about the children’s needs and approaches that work best for them.
• Be able to build a positive relationship with the individuals to build trust and a feeling of safety.
• Be flexible to accommodate the hours of work where necessary.
• Be able to work effectively alongside parent if required.
• Must have use of own car, to transport individual to social activities.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Calm under pressure

Caring attitude

Willingness to learn

Relationship building

Flexibility

Teamwork with parent

Own transport

Job description

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

Direct Payment reference: 1308447 / 1308448

4 hours per week for each sibling so 8 hours per week to start with.

Days/Times

Ideally Sundays to start.

About the recipient

The individuals are 2 brothers aged 6 & 7 years old, they live between 2 households, the caring support would be required at mum's house, this is based close to Londesborough. They require a dedicated and patient person to support them due to having a range of complex additional needs, including FASD and PDA.

The 6-year-old enjoys exploring outdoors, playing games on x-box and has a special interest in anything to do with farming.

The 7-year-old enjoys playing Minecraft and other games on their x-box, exploring outdoors & playing football.

They don't like outings to busy noisy places as this is overstimulating so activities in outdoor quieter settings or based at home feel safest.

About the role

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• 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 calm & patient in stressful situations.
• Be caring and understand that all behaviour is communication.
• Be willing to learn about the children’s needs and approaches that work best for them.
• Be able to build a positive relationship with the individuals to build trust and a feeling of safety.
• Be flexible to accommodate the hours of work where necessary.
• Be able to work effectively alongside parent if required.
• Must have use of own car, to transport individual to social activities.

Advantageous:

• Experience supporting an individual with additional needs/working in the SEN sector.
• Flexibility to work more hours if funding allows.

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