Direct Payment Worker

Direct Payment Worker

Hours of work

4 hours per week during term time and 6 hours during the school holidays.

About the recipient

The individual is male, 7 years old and resides in Beverley. They require a dedicated and suitable person to support them due to having Autism.

The role will mainly consist of taking this young person out in the community. Mainly for activities this young person enjoys such as water parks, soft play and similar. The family have also requested support with taking this young person out to complete tasks such as shopping or to a café to help build up their experience and life skills in a safe manner.

About the role

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Assisting the individual with accessing activities and spending time out in the community.
• Encouraging the recipient to engage in activities.
• Helping to improve their social skills.
• Settling and supporting the individual.
• Keeping them safe in the community.
• Helping to fulfil their potential and aspirations.
• Attending/transporting the individual to social activities and appointments
• 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.
• Be conscientious and committed to providing support as necessary for the child.
• Be consistent and reliable with a friendly personality and able to easily form good working bonds with young people.
• 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.

To apply for this vacancy please email [email removed]