Autism Support Worker

6 months ago

Bolton, United Kingdom Bolton Cares Full time

**Autism Support Worker**

**Location**:Bolton BL2 2LW

**Salary**:£10.90 per hour, annual leave paid at the same rate.

**Contract**:Permanent

**Hours**:Flexible to meet the needs of the service. Up to 37 hours

**Looking to make a difference every day?**

As a support worker, the rewards can be so much bigger than the challenges. You’ll become part of a close working team guided by an autism lead and gain an in-depth working knowledge of autism. But most importantly, you can learn through real experiences and carve your own career within Bolton Cares. Many of those who join us have no previous knowledge of autism or support work. Our fantastic induction programme and continuous learning and development opportunities help all of our staff become skilled autism practitioners.

One of our priorities for this role is to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes that match our **THRIVE** values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Values and Empowerment.

In our team we treat people with compassion and care, showing dignity and respect, commit to quality and being the best that we can and do this through trusting each other.

**About the Support Worker role**:
Whilst mainly working from Thicketford Road Autism Service, we operate a supportive workforce culture in making sure that we are connecting people in with the community, accessing a range of social and leisure activities and achieving outcomes. This may require you to support across the service to enable full access to all amenities.

A flexible approach in your pattern of supporting people will ensure we meet the needs of the people we support and will entail weekend working and shifts outside of traditional day service hours.

**Responsibilities**:

- Supporting people to identify their aspirations
- Supporting the planning and delivery of activities
- Working with people with complex needs and disabilities.
- Undertake personal care tasks, while maintaining people’s privacy and dignity.
- Supporting people with their medication
- Helping people live more independently and undertake life enhancing activities.
- Ensure people’s needs are at the heart of everything we do.
- Work with care managers and health colleagues to implement and support therapy plans.

**Experience and skills required**:

- A strong team player.
- Understand that all behaviour is communication.
- Have a positive outlook and a flexible approach.
- Have a passion for supporting people.
- Demonstrate a high standard of personal and professional behaviour.
- Are able to communicate confidently with others.
- Be able to develop supportive relationships, promoting choice and independence.
- You will be highly motivated to deliver outstanding care and support.
- Are able to use or, learn to use relevant IT systems.

**Benefits**:

- Company funded DBS
- 6% employer contribution pension scheme
- 21 days annual leave (FTE) plus Bank Holidays
- Life insurance scheme
- Access to Smart Health -virtual health service
- Company sick pay scheme

If you are new to care, we will support you to achieve the Care Certificate, giving you a solid foundation for care work.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be considered for this role APPLY today

**Job Types**: Permanent

Full Time: 37 hours per week

Part-time hours: 25 - 30 per week

**Salary**: £10.90 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
- Wellness programmes

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £10.90 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Sick pay

Work Location: In person

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