Autism Support Worker

6 months ago

St Austell, United Kingdom Home not Hospital Full time

Autism Support Worker (Part Time)

**Pay**: Days - £13.00 per hour / Bank Hols - £17.00

**Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 awarded (T&C's apply)**

**Role Description**

At Home not Hospital we are committed to Equal opportunities. We currently have a great opportunity for dedicated Autism Support Workers to work with an individual who has a learning disability, autism and mental health support needs. The individual will be living on their own home so we are looking for Autism Support Workers who can provide 360 wrap around support that covers all aspects of their life.

**Person Specification
- Qualities which are important to the individual**

**_The Dream Team_**
- You are selected to ‘match’ me
- You are recruited specifically to work with me
- Understanding that you are part of my dedicated team with responsibilities for directing my support
- Provide support to be innovative and creative
- Knowing detailed guidance about how to support me when things are not going well for me in accordance to my support plan
- Being directly involved in keeping the support plan up to date

**_What is the team’s job?_**
- To make sure I am not being exploited and pre-empting possible risky situations
- Helping me budget and making sure I have routine to my day including regular meals
- Helping me shop, prepare and cook meals
- Giving me the opportunity to talk things through
- Helping me make positive relationships in my locality
- Helping me find a job
- Helping me spend quality time with my family

**_Team Person Specification_**

The people that know me well and I thought about the ‘type’ of person; their skills, character and approach to life that would best help me get the most out of life. Matching people to the me is more likely to enable positive relationships to form as we are more likely to get on, enjoy spending time together and share interests. It also reduces team members leaving because it was not the job they expected. In which I wish to have a stable team.

The list below whilst not a checklist every person has to satisfy, will serve as a person specification for me.

**_You should be:_**
- Positive
- Patient
- Creative
- Confident
- Likes to keep busy
- Night owls
- Organised
- Reliable
- Able to think on the spot
- Leaders
- Practical
- Good negotiators
- Energetic and fit
- Firm
- Straight talking
- Mature outlook
- Clear communicators
- Good role models
- Animal lovers
- Able to plan ahead
- Willing to try new things out of their comfort zones
- Happy to go on fair rides, climbing and risky sports
- Good sense of humour
- Able to see the positive, possible and potential in me
- Values driven, in that you demonstrate equality and inclusion, are respectful, honest and non-judgemental in your behaviour at all times
- Aware and able to articulate your own strengths and needs, as well as those of mine
- Committed to enabling life-long learning for both me and yourselves
- Able to work independently with me as well as work as a member of a team
- Able to negotiate, agree and keep to boundaries with me
- Responsive, intuitive and sensitive to my feelings, emotions and what might make me anxious
- Flexible in your attitude towards your job; willing to change approach, change working patterns and take me away for a break if needed
- Willing to learn new things, and not believe they know everything already
- Respectful of risk but not risk-averse. Willing to try new things, and explore new situations outside of their comfort zone

**_You shouldn’t be:_**
- Fazed by blood or risky situations
- Pranksters
- Controlling
- People who think it is their job to ‘police’ me and tell me what to do

**About The Role within the Company**:
You will be part of a small team of dedicated Autism Support Workers and working alongside the Team Leader/facilitator and Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioner in providing excellent support to this young lady who deserves the best support to enjoy a quality life.

You will have a willingness to undertake training on Positive Behaviour Support, Safeguarding Vulnerable adults, Autism, and person-centred planning, Total Communication and other specific training that will be provided. You will be line managed by the Team Leader/facilitator.

**What's in it for you?**
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 awarded *
- Contracts
- Great Pay
- Pension Enrolment
- Standard Sick Pay
- Free training
- Weekly pay
- Paid holiday
- Coaching throughout your role
- Opportunities to progress

**COVID-19 considerations**:
All support workers must adhere to government guidelines about their injections.

**Schedule**:

- 7 hour shift - 10:00 to 17:00
- Required to work every other weekend
- Overtime

**Licence/Certification**:

- Autism (preferred)
- Driver (MUST)
- **_Refer a friend bonus is payable at_**
- £125 once the referred individual has successfully completed their first shift.
- £125 once the referred individual has successfully completed their probation period.

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