Direct Payment Worker
Social Care
Direct Payment Worker
- Job description
- Assisting the individual with medication.
- Female worker due to delivering personal intimate care.
- Assisting the individual with accessing activities and spending time out in the community.
- Attending/transporting the individual to social activities
- Occasional home/school pick-up may be required.
- Encouraging social interaction and inclusion and providing emotional support.
- Vigilant road-safety supervision
- Swimming supervision
- Dressing support when applicable.
- 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.
- PBS/low-arousal approaches.
- Safeguarding/first aid.
- Makaton/PECS/AAC familiarity.
About the recipient
The individual is female and resides in Bilton. They require a dedicated and suitable person to support them due to having Autism.
They like fun, sensory-friendly outings, parks/green spaces, beaches, museums.
About the role
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
About the candidate
The suitable candidate must:
Desirable:
DBS/Reference checks will be required for this post Cost to be met by the local authority.