Specialist Intervention Advisor

**Specialist Intervention Advisor/ Trainee Specialist **Intervention Advisor**

**Location**:Family & Specialist Support Services (West Sussex)

**Hours of Work**:40 hours per week

**Salary**:£10.29- £12.29 per hour (Dependent on Experience)

Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can work to help people with learning disabilities and their loved ones feel empowered to live fulfilling lives, as independently as possible?

**Then Aspens could be the perfect work place for you**

**What you can expect from us**:

- Full training and career progression opportunities (including recognised qualifications in positive behaviour support)
- Flexible work arrangements with opportunities to take on additional bank shifts too.
- Subsidised travel
- 30 Days Annual Leave (including Bank Holidays)
- Nest Pension and Death in Service Benefit
- Dedicated Employee Assistance Programme and Access to

Mental Health First Aider
- Access to the Blue Light Card (providing discounts on the high street and online) as well as 25% discounts in our own stores and
Cafés
- Refer a Friend Scheme, so you can earn up to £250 for every person you refer to work for Aspens

**About the Role**:
At Aspens we work across Kent and Sussex; supporting individuals with autism spectrum conditions, learning disabilities and physical disabilities.We offer residential care, supporting living, day activities and fantastic community outreach and specialist services.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding team within Aspens

The Family and Specialist Support Team is a comprehensive, professional, high quality service for children and young people with a diverse range of neurological needs including: ASC, ADHD, social communication delays, OCD, Tourette’s, mental health issues and more.

Our staff team deliver excellent services based on the needs of the individual, teaching skills and creating support solutions that enable individuals to manage the impact of their difficulties.

Your role as specialist intervention advisor will be to work across a variety of settings to develop, plan and participate in programmes of work with the parents/carers, adults, young people and children that we support. This may include work in educational, community or residential setting.

**About You**:
As an ideal specialist Intervention Advisor, you should:

- Desirably be qualified to degree level in a related field, or t have the capacity to work to degree level, as you will be supported to complete specialist training and qualifications as part of your role
- Have previous experience having worked or volunteered with children or young people with ASC conditions or other related concerns
- Have worked with families in a home environment and with multidisciplinary professionals in the provision of support.
- Hold some knowledge of positive behaviour support or applied behavioural analysis.
- PECS or Makaton training would be beneficial, but not essential.
- Have a full, clean driving licence (with access to your own vehicle) and be willing to travel across Kent to provide support as required

**How to Apply**:
If you are friendly, dedicated and passionate about supporting others we would LOVE to speak to you
- Aspens Charities are an equal opportunities employer._
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order (1975, 2013,2020). Our safeguarding policies can be found on our website_

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £10.29-£12.29 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free or subsidised travel
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Bognor Regis: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bognor Regis