Autism Support Worker

Autism Support Worker

**Pay**: Days & Nights - £17.50 per hour

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

**Company description**

We are a specialist care provider that supports individuals who have a learning disability and are on the autism spectrum. We provide a flexible, person-centred approach with a focus on supporting those who display significant behaviours of concern.

We offer a broad spectrum of flexible personalised care carried out by our multi-disciplinary team. Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Practitioners and Learning disability nurses offer a wide range of skills and experience in specialised assessments, planning and delivering the right support.

Here at LDA Care we don’t anticipate ‘smooth sailing’ with the people we are serving. The individuals we support may have experienced abuse, rejection and trauma. Some individuals may exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress, have experienced institutionalisation, and may have missed out on everyday processes of socialisation. Each has inherent and acquired ‘disabilities', however, experience tells us with the right skilled relationship-based support and the opportunity to experience a rich and meaningful life, these individuals can have and be so much more.

LDA Care are looking for people who will demonstrate the competence (or enthusiasm to acquire the competence) to provide excellent personalised social, and sometimes clinical level behavioural, support to people with learning disabilities and autism in their own homes.

This is the part where you come in, come and join us delivering **holistic **care, achieving great **outcomes **and enabling **meaningful environments**

**H**olistic

**O**utcomes

**M**eaningful

**E**nvironments

**Role Description**

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. The individual will be living on her own so we are looking for Support Workers who can provide **24-hour** support throughout service users day.

**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
- **To be part of his team he is looking for the following in a team member**:_**:

- **_Male
- Wide range of experience
- Resilient
- Be part of developing goals and planning activities to include him into his community
- Work as a team and support fellow team members to ensure a consistent approach
- Be happy to support his specific sensory needs and follow a sensory diet, using equipment and intensive interaction
- Understand that some days might be difficult for him - don’t give up - work with his team
- Be willing to learn about him and build a relationship so he trusts you
- Be willing to take part in activities with him and support him to attend them
- **He likes**:_**:

- **_Gardening
- Motocross
- Walking
- Swimming
- Music
- Movies
- Trampoline Park
- Visiting mum and stepdad

**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?**
- 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**:

- 12 hour shift - 08:00 to 20:00 / 20:00 to 08:00 (Waking Nights)
- Required to work every other weekend
- Overtime

**Licence/Certification**:

- Autism (preferred)
- Driver (preferred)

*Refer a friend bonus is payable at
- £125 once the referred individual has successfully completed their 3 month probation period.
- £125 once the referred individual has been employed for 6 continuous months.

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

**Salary**: From £17.50 per hour

**Benefits