Direct Payment Worker
Social Care
Direct Payment Worker
- Job description
- Musical toys, especially instruments like a xylophone.
- Looking at books and turning pages.
- Bubbles and balloons.
- Building blocks and sensory play (e.g. banging objects together)
- Favourite shows/characters such as Mr Tumble and Flop (from Bing).
- Playing outside, going to the park, and being active.
- Familiar people and simple interaction games like hide and seek.
- Loud noises and bright lights.
- Crowded or busy environments.
- Wearing hats.
- Hair care such as washing, brushing or cutting.
- Dogs.
- Walking long distances or unfamiliar places without his pushchair.
- Encouraging them 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.
- 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.
- Be a team player and able to work effectively alongside another worker
- Must have use of own car, to transport individual to social activities
Hours of work
8 hours term time and 14 hours in school holidays (2:1 staffing ratio).
About the recipient
The individual is male and resides in Beverley. They require a dedicated and suitable person to support them due their complex needs associated to their Autism diagnosis.
They like/enjoy:
They don’t like:
About the role
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
About the candidate
The suitable candidate must:
DBS/Reference checks will be required for this post - Cost to be met by the local authority.
To apply for this vacancy please email megan.kennedy@eastriding.gov.uk