Female Autism Support Worker

FEMALE Autism Support Worker

**Pay**: £18.00 Standard Rate - £21.00 per hour Bank Holidays

**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

We currently have a great opportunity for dedicated Mental Health 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 so we are looking for Mental Health Support Workers who can provide 360 wrap around support that covers all aspects of their life.

**Role Description**

We currently have a great opportunity for dedicated Care Workers to work with a young lady who has a learning disability, and autism. The individual will be living on her own so we are looking for Care Workers who can provide 24-hour support throughout her day.

To be part of her team she is looking for the following in a team member:

- Are fun, polite, patient, happy, kind, and funny
- Driving is an advantage
- Be a good listener
- Like fun fairs
- Good cook
- Help me to keep my home clean and tidy
- Love dogs
- Like or be happy to massage
- Like Kevin (my teddy)
- Be calm and stay confident when I experience times of distress
- Do hairstyles for me

She likes:

- Her dog - Max
- Rides - so you can join her, especially the waltzers
- Listening to jokes
- Singing and dancing
- Picking nice outfits to wear - pampering
- Playing board games (uno snakes and ladders)
- Having pampers - hair, make up, spa day, foot spa, nails painted
- Trampoline, bowling, cooking, baking, cloth shopping
- Playing snakes and ladders and Uno

**What's in it for you?**
- Contract
- Great Pay
- Pension Enrolment
- Standard Sick Pay
- Free training
- Weekly pay
- Paid holiday
- Ongoing Training / Coaching throughout your role
- Opportunities to progress & develop

**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
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
- Overtime

**Licence/Certification**:

- Autism (preferred)
- Driving Licence (**MUST**)
- **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 Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: £18.00-£21.00 per hour

Day range:

- Monday to Friday

Shift:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

Application question(s):

- Are you happy working in an environment where a dog is present?

**Experience**:

- Supporting with Autism: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- UK FULL Driving Licence (preferred)

Shift availability:

- Day shift (preferred)
- Night shift (preferred)

Work Location: On the road