Job Title: Support Worker
Location: Bideford
Salary: £19,266 per annum – £9.50 per hour.
Job type: Part time/Full Time – Permanent. 39 hours per week. The service operates over a seven-day rota and will include alternate weekends.
Join our great team of Support Workers based in Bideford!
Kingsley House in Bideford, North Devon is home to 10 individuals, who like to be active and have a broad range of interests, support needs and abilities. We are looking for new employees that can provide support to develop their independent living skills.
All the support provided at the National Autistic Society is person centred, to enable those whom we support to live and gain independent living skills and access activities within the community. You’ll be working with autistic adults and their families.
The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, challenge perceptions and build a society that works for autistic people. You may have a personal connection, a desire to work with or real life experiences working with autistic people.
The Role:
We need you to be resilient, supportive and sensitive towards the needs of autistic people. Being a support worker takes passion, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.
Duties include:
- Working as part of a team, sharing responsibility fairly and being supportive of others.
- Providing support to the people we work with that positively impacts their health and wellbeing, whilst enabling them to fulfil their potential.
- Develop person centred working relationships with the individuals.
- Actively encouraging and supporting meaningful activities, both inside and outside the service in accordance with individual’s interests, choices and needs.
Benefits:
- A supportive an approachable management team.
- 33 days annual leave a year (including bank holidays).
- A competitive market salary.
- A fantastic one-year induction programme.
- Continuing learning and development opportunities to complete your QCF Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care.
- A host of NAS Staff Benefits – from shopping discounts and a competitive pension scheme.
Extra Information:
- Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks which will include references and criminal backgrounds.
- We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from those with a diagnosis of ASD.
- This role is based in a care setting – successful candidates will be required to provide evidence of Covid-19 vaccination or medical exemption.
- Do you have the right to work in the UK?
- Are you barred from working with vulnerable adults?
- This role is based in a Care setting. Can you provide evidence of your Covid-19 vaccinations or are you medically exempt?
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Support Worker, Carer, Care Support, Care Team Leader, Support Manager, Care Assistant, Social Worker, Support Team Leader, Care Coordinator, Support Assistant, Care Manager, Autism Care Worker, Support Coordinator, Special Needs Support, Mental Health Support, Care Supervisor, Autism Support, Autism Support Worker, Support Supervisor, may also be considered for this role.
