Bank Senior Support Worker
This advert is for two Support Worker position (Bank role; Shift work including nights and weekends).
The hourly rate for this position is £12.80
Driving licence (minimum one year) is desirable
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Who we are
The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading Autism charity.
We aim to transform lives, change attitudes, and create a more inclusive society for autistic individuals. We provide a wide range of high quality that includes personalised support services for autistic individuals and their families.
Are you passionate about working with autistic people and their families? We are looking to recruit two Senior Support workers to provide direct 121 support to autistic children and young people at our social activities based in our Carryduff Autism centre. You can learn more about our social group for autistic children with complex needs and their parents/carers in the NAS NI Centre, Carryduff here.
No two days are the same
If you like new challenges and making a difference to people’s lives this may be the perfect opportunity for you. We have a fantastic training programme that will get you on your way to achieving a fulfilling job that will beat most out there.
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The role includes:
- Helping individuals achieve independence and personal goals
- Supporting and transporting individuals to integrate into their community
- Develop individuals home making skills and personal chores
- Transforming lives and achieving results for autistic adults
Please click here for a Job Description
We need you to be: Resilient, supportive and sensitive towards the needs of autistic people. Suitable candidates will have experience of management and/or shift leading within a social care setting. Being a Senior Support Worker takes leadership skills, 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 will have experience supporting vulnerable people in a residential setting and 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.
Membership of the Access NI Scheme is an essential requirement of the post and the National Autistic Society will cover the cost of your application.
The NAS adheres to the Access NI Code of Practice. A copy is available on request.
In addition, we offer a whole range of benefits including:
- 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) with the option to buy or sell annual leave every year
- 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!
- Options to buy private healthcare, private dental insurance, and many other salary sacrifices
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.
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Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks which will include reference and criminal background checks.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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.
The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.
We are an equal opportunities employer. INDNPCS
