Autism Support Worker – Bank

TN United Kingdom; Inverness; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a leading charity focused on enriching lives through compassionate care. As a Support Worker, you'll play a vital role in helping individuals with complex autism lead fulfilling lives. Enjoy flexible hours, a supportive environment, and opportunities for professional development. This role is perfect for those who are passionate about making a difference and are eager to work in a rewarding field. Embrace the chance to contribute positively to the lives of others while enjoying a casual work atmosphere and numerous benefits.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Shopping Discounts Scheme

Ongoing professional development

No uniform policy

Qualifications

• Previous experience supporting individuals with complex autism is essential.
• Must be resilient and maintain strong boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Support young men with complex autism to live independently.
• Assist with personal care and medication administration.

Skills

Empathy

Patience

Reliability

Physical fitness

Job description

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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

Our Benefits:

• £13.01 per hour
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Work for an award-winning Charity that invests all its profits right back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities
• No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
• Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
• We will pay for your PVG
• Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
• Shopping Discounts Scheme
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities

Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We work hard to enrich the lives of people with many different care needs. It’s exciting and rewarding work, and we’re full of pride and passion for what we do.

Since the early days, we’ve grown to provide many innovative and bespoke care services to thousands of people across England and Scotland. We want to provide support based on the principles of choice, dignity and respect. This resonates in our vision of ‘Your Life, Your Choice’ and our strategy ‘Best Lives Possible’. We have strong values and we’re proud to pioneer new ways of delivering social care to stand out in our sector. In the past two years, we have won or made the shortlist for over national and regional awards! We are also focused on our people. Our Support Workers are dedicated and passionate about going ‘the extra mile’ for the people we support and in return, we go the extra mile for them by investing in pay, recognition, wellbeing and continued professional and personal development. We will provide you with all the training, support and personal protective equipment you need in your role and will help you develop, should you decide you want to develop your career with us.

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role: Are you an experienced Care Assistant or Support Worker with a genuine desire to help improve the lives of vulnerable people? Is it important for you to have a satisfying job where you feel supported? If so, we want to hear from you! We are recruiting for Support Workers in southern Inverness to support 2 young men with complex autism to live independently in their own homes, which are located next door to each other. The men we support are very active and require staff who are physically fit to support them. They walk up to 7 miles per day, go to the gym and go trampolining, swimming and horse riding each week. In addition, they enjoy visiting family, playing Nintendo, watching YouTube, cooking, drawing, playing and listening to music and spending time in the great outdoors. As well supporting with the many activities the guys enjoy, our team also supports with a variety of things such as:

• Medication administration
• Assisting with personal care
• Maintaining the homes and finances of the people we support

Previous experience supporting individuals with complex autism is essential, as we require staff who are resilient and can maintain strong boundaries. Routine and positive reinforcement are very important to helping support the men in their daily lives. Our shifts start at 8am and finish at 10pm. Both gentlemen have overnight support, so we have awaking night from 10pm - 8am and a sleepover too. We are only recruiting for day shift and sleepover cover at this time. We are currently recruiting for bank roles to support during periods of annual leave and sickness.

Our values:

We know it takes a special person to work in social care and we recognise that not everyone that would be perfect for the role, will have professional experience. This is why we're really passionate about recruiting to individuals’ values and we recruit people from all walks of life; From people with vast experience in a support worker or care assistant role, from people with lived experiences who may have friends or relatives with disabilities or have looked after older relatives, to people with no experience at all.

Naturally it is important too that you share our company values - We Include; We Deliver; We Aspire; We Respect; We Enable, which are at the heart of everything we do and ensure that we deliver high quality, consistent care and support. People's values are important to us, so we look for people with:

• Patience
• Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
• A strong work ethic
• Reliability
• Honesty
• Determination