Support Worker

4 months ago

Brompton, United Kingdom Kent Autistic Trust Full time

**Support Worker Jobs with a difference
- Essential **UK** driving licence needed that permits you to drive manuel cars**

Be part of an amazing expanding support team. Immediate interviews available - for new to care and experienced staff in Kent. Supporting autistic adults with their day to day needs and a wide range of activities including visit theme parks, swimming, walking and shopping. Excellent specialist training provided.

On average our starting salary for a support worker is £22,840 per year (based on a 35-hour week and including one sleep in per week at £60 per night). Just working an additional 6 hours per week, i.e., 41 hours, will allow you to earn £26,224 per year. Indeed, our Support Workers can earn significantly higher salaries by picking up overtime, with many of our experienced workers earning more than £30,000 per year. We currently pay 5 days pay if staff are unable to work due to Covid and provide company sick pay after 1 years service.

**Start making a difference and join our KAT family today**

About the Specialist Support Worker Role:
**Hours**:35

**Shift**:3-week roiling Rota of earlies and lates

Early - 7.30am to 4pm

Late - 4pm to 10.30pm

**Location**:Brompton Hs, Brompton, Gillingham Kent

Our supported living services have successfully operated with early and late shifts ensuring an effective work/life balance for staff for many years, and we are now rolling out this shift pattern to our residential services to ensure improved working conditions for all.

This is a permanent position working for a very well-established autistic care provider. Very interesting and varied role with a scope for progression.

KAT provide practical and emotional support to ensure the adults we care for enjoy active lives in the community. We support individuals on a 1:1 basis with complex needs, including physical and learning disabilities.

We are an outstanding care employer and very proud of the specialist PBS training, coaching and ongoing support that our practice development team provide to our staff.

**Meet the Team**:
Our Brompton House site offers superb, supported living accommodation to 7 tenants (men and women), each person has their own flat, all of which are personalised and adapted to suit them. Our tenants participate in a wide range of activities, they enjoy going to the cinema and out for coffee, using computers, engaging in activities in the community and cooking. The specialist staff team in situ are looking forward to welcoming a new colleague and have suggested we let you know they love a BBQ

If you are a positive, forward-thinking and compassionate Specialist Support Worker (don't worry if you cant cook) then we would love to hear from you.

**Training Provided**:

- Care Certificate (can accept transferable evidenced certificate)
- Company Induction
- KAT Foundation Training Award
- Specialist Pathway Training
- Health and Safety and Compliance Training
- On the job observation and assessments

**Tasks / Responsibilities of a Specialist Support Worker (may include but not limited to)**:

- ** Drive a mobility car or service vehicle. Manual License required**(ESSENTIAL)**:

- Working with individuals who can display challenging behaviors hurting self or others, running away, throwing things, swearing, shouting and damaging property.
- Support individuals within the community in activities such as bike rides, long walks & shopping.
- Administering medication
- Assisting individuals with personal care and hygiene
- Be confident & experienced in lone working.
- Staff in CQC Registered and Supported Living services are required to undertake sleep-in shifts and receive an allowance, topped up to NLW
- Household management tasks including cooking, cleaning etc.
- Uphold their privacy, confidentially and dignity.
- Handle money to shop, going to the bank etc.
- Working with and supporting individuals with additional needs, such as epilepsy, pica, learning disabilities.
- To form good working relationships with other members of staff across different services.
- Ensuring written records are correctly maintained.
- Staff in CQC Registered and Supported Living services are required to undertake sleep-in shifts and receive an allowance, topped up to NLW where appropriate.

**Qualities of a Specialist Support Worker**:

- An ability to think on your feet and problem solve.
- Understanding everyone's abilities and support needs.
- Promoting independence and choice
- Promoting equality, diversity & inclusion
- Form good working relationships with other members of staff.
- A commitment to continuous personal development and learning.

**Benefits We Offer you as a Specialist Support Worker**:
We offer many benefits, which include some salary sacrifice arrangements, although some benefits are dependent on a minimum earnings threshold:

- Paid DBS Check
- 28 days holiday, plus option to buy 5 extra days pa (Pro Rata for Part Time Positions)
- Company Sick Pay after 12 months serv

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