Salary: £24,022 per annum pro rata Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Job Reference Number: SP-SW-17-19 Job Location: England Job Area: Aigburth, Liverpool Closing Date:20th December 2024
Support Worker, Aigburth
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
Who we are looking for:
As a Support Worker you will develop a trusting and respectful rapport with people with autism and support with personal care, whilst promoting and encouraging independence. You will also provide quality support which is personalised to individual health and well-being needs. The role will also involve promoting community engagement, enabling people with autism to be part of their local community. Activities could include going swimming, attending local cafes and coffee shops, or trips to the cinema.
We are looking for people who share and demonstrate our values. You may have a background or understanding of supporting autistic people, but if not don’t worry, we have great training and a friendly team to support you every step of the way.
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
* 23 days plus 8 Bank Holidays, rising to 26 days with 3 years’ service
* Free Employee Assistance Programme with qualified advisors trained to help, 24 hours a day, any day of the year
* Long service entitlements – after 1, 2 and 3 complete years of service, you will benefit from up to an additional 3/5ths of a week of leave after 3 complete years of service.
* Financial wellbeing programme providing flexible access to pay
* Option to buy and sell annual leave (subject to eligibility)
* Monthly staff cash prize draw (subject to eligibility)
* Medicash (subject to eligibility)
If you think you have what we are looking for and are interested in joining our team in Liverpool we’d be delighted to hear from you.
We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and in service delivery.
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.
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’re struggling to complete the form, have any questions, or need support simply click on our need help button, pop in a few contact details, and one of the recruitment team will be in touch.
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