Senior Support Worker
We are looking for a Senior Support Worker to join our friendly team at our Bristol Based Service.
Pinecroft is our specialised residential home where we support 4 autistic adults to develop skills to promote their health and wellbeing, inclusion in the local community and greater independence. We are looking for staff with a “can do” approach who can offer active support to facilitate and enable the people we support to progress and move on.
Pinecroft is one of our south west based services where we support autistic adults in their own homes and communities to develop skills that promote their health and wellbeing, inclusion in their local community and greater independence. We are looking for staff with a flexible approach who can play an active role in facilitating this. In turn, we are able to offer a fantastic training package which will assist in teaching you how to provide specialist support.
If you are passionate about providing an excellent standard of support and would like to specialise in making a difference, then please contact us.
Posts on offer:
1 x 37 hour Senior Support Worker
We offer:
We offer
- 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!
- We are excited to announce up to 14 new benefits which launched in April 2023 including private health and dental insurance
You’ll be joining our team, both locally and nationally and we’ll support you every step of the way. We provide a fantastic one-year induction programme, regular one-to-ones, annual appraisals, continuing learning and development opportunities and the support you need to develop a career in social care.
A full driving licence and access to transport are required.
Your working pattern will be varied over a seven day rota and could include sleep-ins and bank holidays.
Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, challenge perceptions and build a society that works for autistic people.
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.
Find out more about who we are and what we do on our website www.autism.org.uk
Job description available on request.
Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. If you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Shift:
- Day shift
Application question(s):
- Are you barred from working with vulnerable people?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (preferred)
Work Location: In person
