Senior Support Worker at Autism Together
Are you looking for a rewarding career making a real difference to people’s lives?
Autism Together is one of the country’s leading providers of services and support to autistic people and their families. It is an exciting time to be joining the charity within one of our Residential properties across Wirral and West Cheshire as we are looking to organically grow the team.
What you will be doing…
You’ll be working with a warm, friendly team based within one of our Residential locations to deliver individualised care plans to the people we support. You will be supporting individuals within their home environment and when accessing the local community, along with daily activities, appointments and personal care needs.
To take responsibility for shift leading in a Residential Service under the direction and guidance of the Residential Home Manager and Registered Manager.
The Senior Support Worker will support the Residential Home Manager with responsibility for the health, welfare and emotional development of the people we support within the service.
Driver is preferred but not essential.
Join Autism Together and expect:
1. Free DBS check
2. Fully paid induction training from our award-winning Training & Development Team
3. Buy back additional annual leave
4. Discounts for high street stores and eligibility for Blue Light Card benefit
5. Pension Scheme
6. Employee Assistant Programme (EAP) and occupational health
7. Early overtime pay scheme
8. Annual staff awards celebrating staff achievements
9. Generous refer a friend scheme
10. Ongoing professional career progression
11. Opportunities to obtain a professionally recognised qualification and complete an apprenticeship relevant to the role
12. Attendance incentive draws
13. Access to join Medicash (private health care scheme)
14. Employee of the month
15. Staff suggestion scheme
16. Regular communication from management
17. Sleep ins: Some of our locations require staff to undertake sleep-in duties. These will be paid at an additional rate.
18. Overtime pay: Overtime is available at an additional £1.20 per hour weekdays or £2.00 per hour weekends on top of your hourly rate of pay.
19. Rota: Typically, over a 4-week rota and includes evening and weekend working.
Our ideal candidate will be patient, inspiring and sensitive to the needs of vulnerable people. They should have the ability to motivate others and a passion to provide high-quality support and care.
If you are passionate about a career in care and are seeking to work with a forward-thinking charity then we look forward to hearing from you.
Apply now or give our friendly Recruitment Team a call on 0151 482 3121. They will be more than happy to answer any queries you may have about this exciting role within a leading autism charity.
Please note: all offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including a DBS check.
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