Carer/Support Worker/PA Litherland, Sefton DP/JR/JS

Duties and responsibilities (day to day)

• Provide 1-1 support
• Be patient and understanding
• Play and interact
• Support with communication and interaction skills
• Support to regulate mood
• Provide emotional and behavioral support
• Close supervision always required, need to keep him safe
• Must hold hand when not in wheelchair due no awareness of danger
• Always use his wheelchair in the community due to a tendency to run off and become overwhelmed, often displaying "flight or freeze" responses
• Provide support to access the social activities and sensory experiences he enjoys
• Helping identify new interests and suitable sensory-friendly activities
• Providing personal care: feeding, toileting, and safety, while maintaining dignity and comfort

Skills Required

• Friendly, caring, and empathetic
• Hardworking and committed
• Experience With Children With Additional Needs (desirable)
• Experience of working in a caring role formal or informal (desirable)
• Ability to build up good relationships
• Reliable, punctual, and understanding
• Good at problem solving challenges
• Driving licence and access to own vehicle (desirable but not essential)

Qualifications

An enhanced DBS check will be required before employment commences; this cost will be met by the employer.

Pay and Schedule

• £12.75 per hour
• 6 hours per week
• 8 hours per week during school holidays (Days and Times to be mutually agreed with employer)

Benefits

• We are a private household therefore we CANNOT provide sponsorship, so you MUST have a full right to work in the UK.

Contact Information

Please forward your CV to direct.payments@sefton.gov.uk using the reference number DP/JR/JS.

Closing date 31/7/26