Direct worker - Cottingham

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

A young lady is looking for Personal Assistant to assist her with everyday tasks and supporting with her independence whilst ensuring she is safe from harm. Lady has autism and also suffers from anxiety/depression. She has been home-schooled since the COVID-19 pandemic. She is sensitive to light, heat and wetness. She does not cope well in loud places and gets tired easily.

She struggles to wake up in the morning and requires prompts to do regular daily activities like brushing her teeth, having breakfast or taking medication. She avoids crowded places and prefers to be indoors.

Role will involve:

• Supporting her to learn life skills, e.g. preparing meals and tidying.
• Enable her to engage in physical activities.
• Taking out socially to activities, for example visiting the Pet/rescue centre.
• Support her to become independent, such as travelling on public transport or shopping.
• Overall supporting her to become more independent and take care of herself.

Person needs to be compassionate and understanding of young ladies difficulties, due to her diagnosis.

To have the necessary skills to work with autistic individuals or people with mental health struggles, experience preferred but not essential.

DBS/Reference checks will be required for this post - Cost to be met by the local authority.

The Direct Payments Support Service is an in‑house service provided by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The service promotes independent choice and inclusion, allowing our service users to employ their own care and support as needed. We support many individuals with varying abilities, assisting with advertising and recruitment for a range of roles including support workers, carers and personal assistants.

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

Some travel across East Riding of Yorkshire may be required, applicants must be able to transport themselves.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check.

Direct Payment worker - Cottingham