Senior Support Worker (New Starter Lead)

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 - New Starter Lead takes bravery, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.

This is a 39 hour a week vacancy. Your working pattern will be varied over a seven-day rota, and would include some weekends and bank holidays.

Hourly rate: £14.20 per hour, £14.70 per hour after passing probationary period

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:

• 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 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.

Help transform lives by joining our team TODAY!

You’ll be joining our team, both locally and nationally and we’ll support you every step of the way.

Visit our website to find out more about who we are and what we do.

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The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, challenge perceptions and build a society that works for autistic people.

Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks which will include references and criminal backgrounds.

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.