Senior Support Worker inBurnham-On-Sea inBurnham-On-Sea PUBLISHED 23 MAY 2024

Our friendly Applegrove, Burnham on Sea home is currently looking for a passionate and committed Senior Support Worker to join their team to support autistic adults.

This role will ensure that all new staff have the support they require to execute their job role to the best of their ability. You will be there from day 1 to support new employees and will support them all the way through until the completion of their probation period.

Being a Senior Support Worker takes bravery, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.

This is a 37.5 hour a week vacancy. Your working pattern will be varied over a seven-day rota, and would include some weekends and bank holidays.


The Role Includes

• Support new employees from day 1 and all the way through until completion of their probation period
• 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
• Play a supporting role in the development and maintenance of excellent relations with people we support and their relatives and advocates.
  
  

You will have a working knowledge of care standards and related legislation and have good report writing skills. You should be able demonstrate how you are able to lead and motivate a team to reach agreed outcomes and uphold the values of the organisation.

You should have a relevant Level 3 qualification or be willing to work towards within a given time period. You must be willing to work flexibly.

To protect our autistic adults, all staff are required to have a criminal background check. Possession of an Enhanced DBS Check either on the Update Service or conducted within the last 12 months would be preferable but not essential.

We offer: A supportive an approachable management team, 33 days annual leave a year (including bank holidays), a competitive market salary, a fantastic one-year induction programme, continuing learning and development opportunities along with a host of benefits – from shopping discounts to flexible working and a competitive pension scheme.

You may have a personal connection, a desire to work with or real life experiences working with autistic people. 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.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,396.80 pa


Benefits

• Excellent training and development programme
• Career progression opportunities
• Enhanced overtime. Additional payments for sleep-in and on call.
• Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance counselling programme
• Competitive pension scheme
• 33 days annual leave (incl. Public Holidays)
• Access to our benefits portal - online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits for places such as Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Halfords, Nike, Apple, Nando's and loads more!
• Cycle to work scheme
• Headspace membership for yourself + 3 friends/family members - Headspace is a global leader in mindfulness and meditation
• Occupational sick pay
• Salary Finance - Our charity partner offers Salary Finance loans as a financial wellbeing benefit for our staff.
• Eligibility for Blue Light Card
• Join the Team Scheme - Refer a friend and receive £200!
• Level 1 membership to Healthcare Cash Plan for all permanent staff!
  
  

Schedule

• Day shift
• Flexitime
  
  

Work Authorisation

• United Kingdom (required)
  
  

Work Location: In person

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.