Full Time Residential Support Worker - Burnham on Sea inBurnham-On-Sea inBurnham-On-Sea PUBLISHED 1 MAY 2024
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Help provide exercise, leisure and recreational opportunities.
Help transform lives by joining our team.It's not easy, and it's not for everyone. But as a support worker, the rewards can be so much bigger than the challenges. You really will make a positive difference to people’s lives.
You’ll be joining our team, both locally and nationally and we’ll support you every step of the way.
We need you to be
resilient, supportive and sensitive towards the needs of autistic people. Being a support worker takes bravery, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.
You may have
a personal connection, a desire to work with or real life experiences working with autistic people.
You might not have lots of experience yet
,
but if you share our values and are willing to make a difference to the lives of autistic people, we’d love to hear from you.
We offer
a fantastic one year induction programme, continuing learning and development opportunities and the support you need to develop a career in social care. Along with a host of benefits – from shopping discounts to
flexible working
and a competitive pension scheme.
We are passionate about supporting autistic people into work, and particularly welcome applications from autistic people. We help autistic people from all backgrounds and strive to represent the same diversity in our staff and volunteers. We particularly encourage applications from people from all minority groups, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. Together, we can create a society that works for autistic people.
Our friendly Burnham-on-Sea Park View Residential home (Park View) is currently looking for a passionate and committed Support Worker to join their team to support autistic adults.
Parkview is a large, detached house supporting seven adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities, multiple disabilities and associated complex needs. There are seven good sized single bedrooms, three of which can be found on the ground floor, a spacious lounge, small quiet room, dining room, two large bathrooms and a well-equipped kitchen area. Our day services building can be found in the grounds, providing areas for sensory stimulation and relaxation, arts & crafts activities and an educational room with computer facilities. Our main aim is to enable our service users to live as fulfilling a life as possible through a value-based approach to meeting individual needs. We provide care, support and advice to enable individuals to develop their daily living skills, independence, community integration and decision making about their own future. Through individual attention we encourage personal development and self respect by providing high standards of professional care that honours peoples’ privacy, dignity and choice. We provide clinical assessment, rehabilitation and special skills training.
About You
Ideally, you will have a background in supporting autistic people, if not, we have a fantastic training programme that will get you on your way to achieving a fulfilling job that will beat most out there.
This role is 37.5 hours per week working on a rota basis. You will be asked to work a mixture of early and late shifts, and will need to work every other weekend. We may be able to accommodate specific working patterns.
The Role Includes
- Helping individuals achieve independence and personal goals
- Supporting and transporting individuals to integrate into the community
- Develop individuals’ life skills, vocational, educational and creative skills
- Help provide exercise, leisure and recreational opportunities
- Transforming lives and achieving results for Autistic Adults
Please Click Here For a Full Job Description
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.
We Offer
- Paid annual leave of up to 33 days (rising to 35 days after five years service). Extra days of leave are also awarded in "anniversary years" of service from ten years onwards. All entitlements are pro rata for term time only employees.
- Pension scheme - we provide the auto enrolment scheme for which there is also a salary sacrifice scheme option available.
- Childcare vouchers via salary sacrifice.
- 24/7 employee assistance programme which includes free legal advice.
- Occupational Sick Pay - with access to qualified medical advice.
- A range of discounts from over 150 retailers where the average user saves £565 per year.
- Discounts on hotel accommodation using our iknowrewards site. The National Autistic Society employees can get up to 25% off the best internet prices.
Help transform lives by joining our team.
It's not easy, and it's not for everyone. But as a support worker, the rewards can be so much bigger than the challenges. You really will make a positive difference to people’s lives.
You’ll be joining our team, both locally and nationally and we’ll support you every step of the way.
We need you to be
resilient, supportive and sensitive towards the needs of autistic people. Being a support worker takes bravery, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.
You may have
a personal connection, a desire to work with or real life experiences working with autistic people.
You might not have lots of experience yet
,
but if you share our values and are willing to make a difference to the lives of autistic people, we’d love to hear from you.
We offer
a fantastic one year induction programme, continuing learning and development opportunities and the support you need to develop a career in social care. Along with a host of benefits – from shopping discounts to
flexible working
and a competitive pension scheme.
We are passionate about supporting autistic people into work, and particularly welcome applications from autistic people. We help autistic people from all backgrounds and strive to represent the same diversity in our staff and volunteers. We particularly encourage applications from people from all minority groups, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. Together, we can create a society that works for autistic people.
Our friendly Burnham-on-Sea Park View Residential home (Park View) is currently looking for a passionate and committed Support Worker to join their team to support autistic adults.
Parkview is a large, detached house supporting seven adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities, multiple disabilities and associated complex needs. There are seven good sized single bedrooms, three of which can be found on the ground floor, a spacious lounge, small quiet room, dining room, two large bathrooms and a well-equipped kitchen area. Our day services building can be found in the grounds, providing areas for sensory stimulation and relaxation, arts & crafts activities and an educational room with computer facilities. Our main aim is to enable our service users to live as fulfilling a life as possible through a value-based approach to meeting individual needs. We provide care, support and advice to enable individuals to develop their daily living skills, independence, community integration and decision making about their own future. Through individual attention we encourage personal development and self respect by providing high standards of professional care that honours peoples’ privacy, dignity and choice. We provide clinical assessment, rehabilitation and special skills training.
About You
Ideally, you will have a background in supporting autistic people, if not, we have a fantastic training programme that will get you on your way to achieving a fulfilling job that will beat most out there.
This role is 37.5 hours per week working on a rota basis. You will be asked to work a mixture of early and late shifts, and will need to work every other weekend. We may be able to accommodate specific working patterns.
The Role Includes
Please Click Here For a Full Job Description
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.
We Offer
It's not easy, and it's not for everyone. But as a support worker, the rewards can be so much bigger than the challenges. You really will make a positive difference to people’s lives.
You’ll be joining our team, both locally and nationally and we’ll support you every step of the way.
We need you to be
resilient, supportive and sensitive towards the needs of autistic people. Being a support worker takes bravery, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.
You may have
a personal connection, a desire to work with or real life experiences working with autistic people.
You might not have lots of experience yet
,
but if you share our values and are willing to make a difference to the lives of autistic people, we’d love to hear from you.
We offer
a fantastic one year induction programme, continuing learning and development opportunities and the support you need to develop a career in social care. Along with a host of benefits – from shopping discounts to
flexible working
and a competitive pension scheme.
We are passionate about supporting autistic people into work, and particularly welcome applications from autistic people. We help autistic people from all backgrounds and strive to represent the same diversity in our staff and volunteers. We particularly encourage applications from people from all minority groups, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. Together, we can create a society that works for autistic people.
Our friendly Burnham-on-Sea Park View Residential home (Park View) is currently looking for a passionate and committed Support Worker to join their team to support autistic adults.
Parkview is a large, detached house supporting seven adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities, multiple disabilities and associated complex needs. There are seven good sized single bedrooms, three of which can be found on the ground floor, a spacious lounge, small quiet room, dining room, two large bathrooms and a well-equipped kitchen area. Our day services building can be found in the grounds, providing areas for sensory stimulation and relaxation, arts & crafts activities and an educational room with computer facilities. Our main aim is to enable our service users to live as fulfilling a life as possible through a value-based approach to meeting individual needs. We provide care, support and advice to enable individuals to develop their daily living skills, independence, community integration and decision making about their own future. Through individual attention we encourage personal development and self respect by providing high standards of professional care that honours peoples’ privacy, dignity and choice. We provide clinical assessment, rehabilitation and special skills training.
About You
Ideally, you will have a background in supporting autistic people, if not, we have a fantastic training programme that will get you on your way to achieving a fulfilling job that will beat most out there.
This role is 37.5 hours per week working on a rota basis. You will be asked to work a mixture of early and late shifts, and will need to work every other weekend. We may be able to accommodate specific working patterns.
The Role Includes
- Helping individuals achieve independence and personal goals
- Supporting and transporting individuals to integrate into the community
- Develop individuals’ life skills, vocational, educational and creative skills
- Help provide exercise, leisure and recreational opportunities
- Transforming lives and achieving results for Autistic Adults
Please Click Here For a Full Job Description
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.
We Offer
- Paid annual leave of up to 33 days (rising to 35 days after five years service). Extra days of leave are also awarded in "anniversary years" of service from ten years onwards. All entitlements are pro rata for term time only employees.
- Pension scheme - we provide the auto enrolment scheme for which there is also a salary sacrifice scheme option available.
- Childcare vouchers via salary sacrifice.
- 24/7 employee assistance programme which includes free legal advice.
- Occupational Sick Pay - with access to qualified medical advice.
- A range of discounts from over 150 retailers where the average user saves £565 per year.
- Discounts on hotel accommodation using our iknowrewards site. The National Autistic Society employees can get up to 25% off the best internet prices.
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