Support Worker

Support Worker (Internally know as an Enablement Assistant)

Location: Locks Heath, Fareham

Employment: Permanent

Hours Per Week: Part time hours to include working alternate weekends.

Shift times: 07:00-22:00, 10:00-17:00, 1 x sleep in shift

Hourly Rate: £13.00 per hour & £60.00 sleep in rate

**Driver required with UK full drivers licence**

Whilst PBS4 holds a sponsorship license, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship to any new applicants to PBS4. We wish you all the best with your job search and future career.

About the role

This role will be supporting two young brothers living in the Locks Heath area of Fareham. Both individuals have an autism diagnosis with a learning disability and will require support on a 1:1 basis throughout the day and 2:1 when out in the community. One of the young males also has OCD and therefore an understanding of this is important.

The brothers are very active and like to be out of the house doing activities throughout the day and enjoy various activities between them including football, bowling, gardening, rambling, swimming, trampolining and canoeing. Naturally they have their own individual favourite activity, but shared interests also. Team members will need to be fairly active and happy to enable daily schedules to run smoothly, ensuring activities take place when they should.

IPAD time is important too and disruption to Wi-Fi or interruptions to this activity can cause upset and frustration.

The brothers have their own schedules, therefore aren't always together, they have individual needs and individual behaviours that would need to be learnt and understood. Both have had a routine for many years and therefore they require team members who understand the importance of routine, and to be there to reassure and prompt around what is planned during the day, with changes being planned and communicated clearly in advance.

Ideally you will have proven experience working with individuals who have autism, be patient, calm, reassuring but also be fun, and enjoy swimming and able to ride a bike.

Why work for us?

• Be listened to and have your direct experience and expertise valued
• Have support from an experienced management and clinical team
• Be celebrated for accomplishing goals with the individual you support
• Have training opportunities that enhance your career development

Benefits include: 29 days annual leave (pro rata), rising to 30 days annual leave (pro rata) as of the 1st April, following your 1-year anniversary with PBS4., in-house paid induction training, followed by 12 weeks blended e-learning, coaching, and mentoring. Additional training opportunities following probation, DBS check payment, Legal & General company pension, employee recognition scheme, earned wage access, and access to various other benefits through our enhanced Employee Assistance Programme. Refer a friend and receive £300.00 for every successful person you refer.

About PBS4

PBS4 is a values led social care organisation, providing Neurodisability Services to individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism and/or behaviours that may challenge. We support people living in their own homes, with their own tenancies, and we utilise Positive Behaviour Support as the framework for the support we provide.

We are a medium-sized organisation supporting people across Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire, Somerset, and Oxfordshire and with a workforce of around 350 employees.

The people we support overcome huge challenges every day to achieve exciting things. Some may be big, some may be smaller, but we are committed to celebrating all of these We are committed to leading by example in how 21st Century clinical support for people with learning disabilities should look. We aim to raise the bar of Positive Behaviour Support in social care

Be the change

People with learning disabilities should have the same right to an ordinary life as anyone else. They need support from people like you to help them achieve this. If you are passionate about helping people to achieve the life they deserve and thrive of seeing others succeed, then a career with PBS4 is the career for you. We value experience in supporting others, but we warmly welcome people without experience who share our values.

We want to create new ways of working, led by passion and drive for doing what is right, and promote innovation from our teams. Join us on our mission to disrupt social care

PBS4 provides support to enable people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour to have independent lives and to live in their own home. Our approach is underpinned by Positive Behaviour Support. Positive Behaviour Support is an approach mostly used to support people with learning disabilities whose behaviours challenge others. The goal is to shift the focus away from reducing challenging behaviour to understanding what that behaviour means and supporting people to get what they need better.