Support Worker

**Options Autism are hiring Adult Support Workers in Scunthorpe**

**Role: Adult Support Worker**

**Location: Dragonby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire**

**Salary: £27,950.00 per annum**

**Hours: Full-time, Permanent (43 hours per week - 7 day rota)**

**The Opportunity**

**Our next Adult Support Worker** **will be someone who has**:

- A big heart and passion to make a difference to the residents’ lives.
- Patience, resilience, and calmness.

The purpose of the role is to provide the highest quality of care and support as part of a care team to adults we support (those with mild to severe learning disabilities) in accordance with Company policies, procedures, practices and the standards. To provide the agreed support to meet physical, social, emotional, and personal care needs, providing a comfortable home where those we support feel valued, happy and secure

**Some of your duties would include**:

- Supporting the occupants to appointments and activities such as shopping or trips out
- Completing relevant paperwork
- Undertaking household tasks
- Engage our occupants in tasks and activities

**The Location**

Options Autism are looking for an Adult Support Worker to join our team in Thorpe House. Thorpe House is a specialist service, rated CQC Good, which offers high quality accommodation for individuals with autism, complex needs and/or learning disabilities. An ideal role for those interested in supporting those with varied and complex needs.

Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure. Working in a support environment where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, individuals are listened to, respected, and involved in as many decisions as possible.

We are based near Scunthorpe and within commutable distance of Scunthorpe. Brigg, Broughton, Winterton and surrounding villages and towns.

Options Autism is a national provider of specialist education, care and therapeutic services for individuals with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. We provide a person-centred approach to education and support, looking at the full needs of the individual and adapting our approach accordingly.

**How we reward you**

We want our residents to have the best care possible, and therefore you’ll receive an exceptional rewards package including:

- **Basic Salary: £27,950.00 per annum**:

- ‘Journey to Management’ programme - starting with your Level 2 Health and Social Care Adults
- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And market leading benefits offered through our **Flexible Benefits Platform Vista** that enable you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover
- Family Growth Support - _inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support. _

**Unlock your potential - “We make the incredible happen”**

**How to Apply**

**We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.**

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**Job ID - 260806**

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

Pay: £27,950.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

**Experience**:

- Learning difficulties environment: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Full UK Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 260806