Support Worker

Key Care & Support; Stockport; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Real living wage

Holiday entitlement

Pension contributions (NEST)

Employee assistance program

Long service awards

Training and development opportunities

Recognition awards

Job summary

Key Care & Support is looking for an outgoing and enthusiastic support worker who drives, to support a 16-year-old girl in Stockport's Offerton area. Gill has autism and requires consistent, regular support for activities and sessions, including visits to trampoline facilities, swimming, baking, dancing and pampering.

You will drive Gill to activities and support her during appointments, with an emphasis on safeguarding, patience, and fostering fun and positive routines in line with her

Qualifications

• Experience or knowledge of autism and challenging behaviour.
• Must have or capable of obtaining a driving license.
• Reliable, outgoing and patient with a caring approach.
• Able to work in Offerton/Stockport area.

Responsibilities

• Support Gill, a 16-year-old girl with autism, in weekly activities.
• Drive to activities and sessions.
• Provide consistent, patient support with engaging, fun activities.
• Encourage Gill's interests in trampoline, swimming, baking, dancing and pampering.

Skills

Driving

Autism awareness

Patience

Outgoing personality

Job description

Key Care & Support are looking for an outgoing and enthusiastic support worker who drives.

You will be supporting a young lady, 16 years old who lives in the Offerton area of Stockport.

** Gill has autism and challenging behaviour who needs consistency and regular support in her week.

Gill is outgoing and loves to visit the local trampoline facility. She enjoys swimming, baking, loves to dance and having a pamper, having her nails painted for example and foot massages.

Gill is looking for someone she can have fun with, sing and listen to Taylor Swift and rock music with a good beat!

Gill needs a driver for all her activities and support sessions.

Someone who has a working knowledge or personal experience of autism is essential for this role

The shift pattern for this role is:

Wednesday 14.30pm- 23.00pm

Saturday 10.00am - 16.00pm

What Key Care & Support will offer you

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

• Real living wage- £13.75 per hour
• 5.6 days holiday inc of bank holidays.
• Pension contributions into NEST Scheme on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support.
• Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our long service award program.
• Access to training and professional development opportunities.
• Long service awards.
• Recognition awards for excellence in service delivery.

*** If you do not hear back after 2 weeks of applying, you have been unsuccessful this time