Highfield Road, Supported Living Autism Service

6 months ago


Salford, United Kingdom Salford Cares Full time

**Highfield Road, Supported Living Autism Service
- Autism Practitioner
- Waking Nights**

**Location**:Salford

**Salary**: £13 per hour for Full Time 37.5 hours per week plus sleep-in allowance (paid on an hourly rate)

**Contract**:Permanent

**Hours**:37.5 hours per week

**Looking to further your career in Social Care?**

Are you currently working in Social Care and looking for a new challenge? Do you want to be part of an exciting new service? Would you like to make a difference?

Are you genuinely interested in supporting adults with autism and learning disabilities to have a great life? If this sounds like you then we would like to hear from you. Salford Cares are setting up a new autism specialist service in the Little Hulton area of Salford and are looking for highly motivated and committed individuals to be part of our staff team. We are looking to recruit a team of Autism Practitioner Waking Night Staff to facilitate the delivery of high quality, compassionate care.

We want someone with the right values and attitude that match our own.

**These are**:

- A team player / someone who understands the benefits of teamwork when delivering outstanding care and support.
- A positive can-do attitude - someone that is solution focused.
- Individuals who treat people with compassion and care.
- Individuals who demonstrate dignity and respect to the people they will support.
- A commitment to quality and being the best, they can be always.

**About the Autism Practitioner role**:
As an Autism Practitioner you will be supporting people in their own homes. The people identified for this service have a range of needs including learning disability, autism, and mental health needs. Individuals may also have significant physical health and personal care needs and may present with behaviours that challenge services.

The service operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and full time you will work 37.5 hours each week (pro rata for part time positions), on a rota which includes weekends.

**Responsibilities**:

- Working with people with varied needs
- Helping people live more independently and undertake life enhancing activities.
- Ensure people’s needs are at the heart of everything you do.
- Working with care managers and health colleagues to implement and support Positive behaviour support & therapy plans.
- Personal Care as required.
- Partnership working
- Supporting people during the night with any assistance they may require.
- Keep relevant and up-to-date records of the support provided.

**Experience and skills required**:

- Must have previous experience supporting adults with learning disabilities & autism.
- Experience of positive behaviour support (PBS) and the benefits of this when supporting individuals who present with behaviours that challenge services (Desirable)
- Be able to develop supportive relationships, promoting independence and wellbeing.
- Good IT skills as systems form an integral part of the Autism Practitioner role.
- You will be highly motivated to deliver outstanding care and support.

**Benefits**:

- 3% employer contribution pension scheme
- 21 days annual leave (FTE) plus bank holidays
- Life Insurance Scheme
- Access to ‘Smart Health’- a virtual healthcare service including a virtual GP service, expert case management, mental health support and tailored fitness programmes.
- Life insurance of 2x Salary

**Recruitment closes on TBC and interviews will take place on TBC**

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

**Salary**: £13.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance

Shift:

- Night shift

Work Location: In person


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