Support Worker Ashford

1 month ago


Ashford, United Kingdom Kent Autistic Trust Full time

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Be part of an amazing expanding support team. Immediate interviews available - for new to care and experienced staff in Kent. Supporting autistic adults with their day to day needs and a wide range of activities including visit theme parks, swimming, walking and shopping. Excellent specialist training provided.

On average our starting salary for a support worker is £24,720 per year (based on a 35-hour week and including one sleep in per week at £60 per night). Just working an additional 6 hours per week, i.e., 41 hours, will allow you to earn £28,460 per year (including holiday allowance). Indeed, our Support Workers can earn significantly higher salaries by picking up overtime, with many of our experienced workers earning more than £30,000 per year.

Start making a difference and join our KAT family today

Start making a difference and join our KAT family today

Hours: 35

Shift: Earlies 7.00- 4pm, Lates 4pm-10pm, Long day 7am-10pm (once a week), One whole weekend off in three and a weekend day off every weekend that you work.

Location: Beaver Lane

Our supported living services have successfully operated with early and late shifts ensuring an effective work/life balance for staff for many years, and we are now rolling out this shift pattern to our residential services to ensure improved working conditions for all.

This is a permanent position working for a very well-established autistic care provider. Very interesting and varied role with a scope for progression.

KAT provide practical and emotional support to ensure the adults we care for enjoy active lives in the community. We support individuals on a 1:1 basis with complex needs, including physical and learning disabilities.

We are an outstanding care employer and very proud of the specialist PBS training, coaching and ongoing support that our practice development team provide to our staff.

Meet the Team:

Our Beaver Lane site offers superb residential accommodation currently for 6 adults with Autism, the service has 3 self contained flats, and the other people share communal space (Male & Female). Our tenants participate in a wide range of activities and enjoy visiting local places of interest, spending time in the garden, Going for long walks, having BBQs, listening to all types of music, being creative and generally having fun.

The specialist staff team in situ are looking forward to welcoming a new colleague and have suggested we let you know that they are all a little animal crazy, and they enjoy team building activities such as visiting a Lock in/Panic Room experience together, they are all friendly and eager to welcome you to the team

If you are a positive, forward-thinking, and compassionate Specialist Support Worker (don't worry if you're not animal crazy as you soon will be) then we would love to hear from you.

About the Trust:

Supporting over 80 people in Medway and across Kent, The Kent Autistic Trust provides a wide range of services designed to meet diverse needs of the people we support with autism, mental health issues, learning disabilities and related difficulties. We provide residential homes, supported living accommodation, day resource services, respite, and outreach services. Ensuring the voice of those we support is actively listened to, working for us often means that no two days are the same, but the care and support we give is of consistently high quality, with CQC rating all our services good, and many outstanding.

Benefits We Offer you as a Support Worker:

We offer many benefits, which include some salary sacrifice arrangements, although some benefits are dependent on a minimum earnings threshold:

• Paid DBS Check

• 28 days holiday, plus option to buy 5 extra days pa (Pro Rata for Part Time Positions)

• Company Sick Pay after 12 months service

• Death in Service Benefits

• Some meals provided, depending on shifts

• Long Service and Contribution Recognition Awards

• Pension (after 3 months)

• Employee Assistance Programme, with counselling services

• Significant Retail and Leisure Discount Scheme that could save staff an average of £1,000 pa

• Discounted Gym Membership

• Financial Well-being Scheme (loans and savings)

• Additional Sleep In Shifts may be available

• Opportunities to pick up additional voluntary casual shifts at enhanced rates

• Superb paid training

• Regulated Care Qualification Sponsorship

• Recruitment Incentive for Staff Introductions

Our Values and Commitment:

KAT is committed to providing high quality supports designed around individual abilities, needs and choices. KAT is committed to promoting independence and inclusion within communities. KAT believes everyone is able to make their own individual contribution. KAT seeks to work in partnership with all relevant parties but in particular with the individual themselves.

We seek Support Workers who really value every person, whether it's the people we support, their families, carers, or other staff by respecting their priorities, needs, abilities and limits.

We hope you are one of them

We do not accept applications made via agencies for Support Workers.

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found or experiencing a high volume of applications.



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