30 Hour Waking Night Support Worker. York Close Supported Living, Mildenhall, East Anglia
We are looking for a Waking Night Support Worker to work in our supported living services in Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds .
Ideally, you will have a background in supporting autistic people but don't worry if you don't because we have a fantastic training programme that will get you on your way to achieving a fulfilling job that will beat most out there.
The role includes:
- Supporting the night time routine of individuals, including issuing medication
- Supporting individuals with personal care and reassurance if required
- Undertaking domestic tasks to ensure the service maintains a high level of cleanliness
- Completing shift records and paperwork
- Ensuring a robust handover to day time staff in the morning
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.
Our Supported living home currently supports 3 individuals. The home is run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Our safe environment and fully trained experienced staff support people to have a good quality of life, ensuring support and activities are meaningful to each individual
Hours of Work - 30 hours per week
For a copy of the Job Description please click here
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
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.
If you’re experiencing issues with applying, please contact the HR team at HRhub@nas.org.uk
Visit our website to find out more about who we are and what we do.
To apply for the role, please click the button at the end of this page to apply online.
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.
