Community Support Worker

5 months ago


Penarth, United Kingdom Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Full time

Two part-time posts. 30 hours and 26.25 hours

Cardiff and Vale Integrated Autism Service is very excited to be recruiting two part-time Band 4 Community Support Workers. The Integrated Autism Service is a multi-agency specialist autism service, and is one of 7 such services in Wales set up through Welsh Government funding to address gaps in service provision for autistic adults.

The key aims of the service are to offer diagnostic and support services to autistic people and their carers whose needs would not otherwise be met by other services.

As well as diagnostic assessments of autism for adults, the services offers individual and group interventions to autistic adults and their parents and carers. We also provide autism training, consultation and advice to professionals working with autistic people and often joint work with other services.

This is an exciting opportunity for motivated, skilled and experienced community workers with a passion for autism to be part of the Integrated Autism Service. The post holders will be working within a busy, highly skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team. The roles involves the provision of relevant information, advice and assistance to autistic adults, and their parents and carers. The post holders will be trained in using the Spectrum Star to offer individual support to autistic adults using the service in goal setting and achieving meaningful outcomes. The IAS community workers take a lead role in the development and facilitation of IAS groups and workshops supported by the IAS clinicians.

We are based in Penarth and provide our service to those living in across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

Please see the job description and person specification for more details.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post. English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.



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