Support Worker- Intensive Service Support - Colchester

Location: Colchester, CO7

Salary: £10.45 per hour (£20,162 per year pro-rata)

Enhancements:

Bank Holidays £15.68 per hour

Christmas / New Year £20.90 per hour

Additional payment will be made for sleep-in duties

Hours: 14 - 37 (flexible) hours per week plus sleep-in duties

£150 WELCOME BONUS FOR NEW JOINERS (PAYABLE AFTER 3 MONTHS)

You can make a positive difference in someone’s life.

Come and join Autism Anglia where our staff are passionate about their work and the people we support, ensuring they have a personalised, quality-driven, person-centred service.

We are currently recruiting staff to support a gentleman of 40, who lives in his own home in Crockleford Heath near Colchester. The house is located in a remote location and you will need to be aware of how you can travel there.

He is a gentleman with autism that enjoys having social interaction with staff, including chatting about his favourite things. He is a fascinating person to work with and brings a lot of fulfilment to people that work with him.

He’s a wonderful individual and likes to use computers, especially the YouTube Channel. He enjoys various cartoon characters, books and nursery rhymes, meals out especially puddings.

We are looking for individuals who will join the dedicated staff team to support him to achieve meaningful goals and continue the work of improving his quality of life

If you believe you can provide a dedicated work ethic and want to spend your day supporting this young man to live his life fully, then this is a great opportunity for you.

There is never a typical day, as it is driven by what the gentleman wants to do. There is nothing more important to him than ensuring his routine is in place, and someone to share his experiences with.

About you

It is essential you have a good understanding of autism and the challenges that it may face. Experience in working in a similar setting previously would be an advantage. What matters most is that you are patient, kind and caring, and with a desire to support people to live fulfilling lives with as much independence and choice as possible.

You will be supporting the gentleman in his own home, working on a shift pattern that will include weekend work and sleep-ins, so you will need to be flexible.

Working for us gives you access to a range of perks and benefits:

• Extensive Induction and training programmes
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
• Additional holiday based on length of service
• Employee Referral Scheme – An incentive scheme which earns you money as you share jobs and aid the recruitment of employees
• Access to ‘Spectrum Life’ Employee Assistance Programme and Benefits Hub, with free counselling services and incentives including shopping and entertainment discounts, instant discounted gift cards and cashback.
• Pension scheme
• Support and encouragement to obtain qualifications and progress up the career ladder

Autism Anglia is positive about inclusion and welcomes applications from individuals who are able to meet the requirements of the job position and may wish to request flexible working or reasonable adjustments to support them.

Autism Anglia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults or children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to a basic/enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Leave in only if applicable - For all enhanced DBS roles, we are permitted to seek access to spent convictions under The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended 2013).

When you receive your DBS certificate you are required to register it with the DBS Updating Service https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service which will ensure that the status of your certificate can be checked at any point, without the need for going through the application/disclosure of documentary evidence again.

In the first instance please send your application form and CV to recruitment@autism-anglia.org.uk