Support Workers

4 months ago

Faversham, United Kingdom Kent Autistic Trust Full time

**Support Worker Jobs with a difference-**

**Part time 15 hours a week
- 2 week rota.**

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 £24,840 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 £28,460 per year (including holiday allowance). 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.

Start making a difference and join our KAT family today

**About the Support Worker Role**:
**Hours: 15 per week**

**Shift**:
**Week 1**:10am to 3pm Monday Tuesday and Wednesday

**Week 2**: 10am to 3pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday

**Meet the Team**:
Our Perrys Close site offers superb, purpose built modern residential accommodation currently for 5 adults with Autism. Our tenants participate in a wide range of activities and enjoy walks along the coast, going out for dinner, baking, working on the services allotment, cycling, and chatting about their own interests as well as listening to all kind of music. The specialist staff team in situ are looking forward to welcoming a new colleague and have suggested we let you know they love a good theme night, are all friendly and eager to welcome you to the team

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.

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 and mental health issues, 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 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.

**About the Trust**:
Supporting over 80 people in Medway and across Kent, The Kent Autistic Trust provides a wide range of services designed to meet diverse needs of the people we support with autism, mental health issues, learning disabilities and related difficulties. We provide residential homes, supported living accommodation, day resource services, respite, and outreach services. Ensuring the voice of those we support is actively listened to, working for us often means that no two days are the same, but the care and support we give is of consistently high quality, with CQC rating all our services good, and many outstanding.

**Benefits We Offer you as a Support Worker**:
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