Salary: £24,022.00 Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full Time/Part-Time Job Reference Number: LP-SWSTF Job Location: England Job Area: Walton, Liverpool Closing Date:24th January 2025
Support Worker, Walton
What can we offer you?
* Company paid enhanced DBS
* Progression opportunities and career pathways
* Full training and development programme to support you in your role.
* Support to obtain your Diploma Level 2 qualification
* Generous annual holiday entitlement, rising with years’ service.
* Free Employee Assistance Programme with qualified advisors trained to help, 24 hours a day, any day of the year
* Long service entitlements
* Option to sell annual leave (subject to eligibility)
* Monthly staff cash prize draw (subject to eligibility)
* Medicash (subject to eligibility)
About us:
Autism Initiatives provide a personalised, autism specialist service that makes a positive difference to the lives of autistic people.
Our services focus on:
* Supporting people to be as independent as possible in their homes
* Supporting people to achieve and be successful
* Helping people to pursue their interests and enjoy their lives
* Enabling people to be active members of their communities
More about the role
We are looking for a confident and assertive Support Worker to join a team that works in partnership with people who use our services, to enable them to live as independently as possible and to be part of their local community. As a Support Worker you will encourage the health and well-being of the people that you support, through enabling them to be involved in a range of activities chosen by the person supported.
At Autism Initiatives we work alongside people with autism, providing specialist services tailored to each individual. Experience is not essential, but a genuine passion for providing person-centred support as well as a positive attitude, is key to being successful in this role. This is truly a rewarding role, with the opportunity for you to develop your skills, knowledge and fulfil your career aspirations.
Benefits of working with us
In addition to excellent rates of pay, a contributory pension and generous holiday entitlements, you will enjoy an enhanced range of benefits designed to reward the outstanding support that staff provide. Some of these benefits start immediately, whilst others are awarded at later dates in recognition of loyalty, dedication and long service.
* Monthly staff cash prize draw
* Your birthday off work every year
* Medicash health scheme, providing cash towards medical costs, gym discounts and more
* Employee Assistance Programme – free support from experts on a wide range of subjects from childcare and probate, to managing money and work-life balance.
* Additional paid holidays after 1, 2 and 3 years’ service
* Extra paid holidays in milestone service years
* Financial wellbeing programme providing flexible access to pay
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Wagestream financial planning and support App – enables you to access money earned before payday, set up savings and gain control of your finances
Before you start
Our application form will ask you for information so it’s a great idea to have these to hand before you get started:
* Your previous employment: we will require confirmation of the past 5 years of your employment history
* Relevant qualifications to the role
* A minimum of 2 reference contact details, one of which must be your current/most recent employer.
If you think you have what we are looking for and are interested in joining our team in Walton, we’d be delighted to hear from you.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and in service delivery.
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