Job Description

Role Description

Specialist Autism Support Worker

Location: Didcot OX11, Oxfordshire (New Supported Living Home)

Salary: \xc2\xa311.00 per hour - \xc2\xa314.00 per hour

• Paid Induction
• Overtime rate: Weekdays \xc2\xa311 per hour and weekends \xc2\xa314 per hour

Hours: 37.5 hours per week on a shift basis

• Shift Patterns: 7.00 am - 3.00 pm, 2.00 pm - 10.00 pm
• Monday to Sunday
• Bank hours also available

Employment Type: Full time (37.5 hours per week), Permanent

Develop professionally to achieve professional qualifications - Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, at no cost to you!

• 28 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), increasing to 36 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service)
• Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants, and activities, plus eligibility for Blue Light Card discounts

Please see below SeeAbility\'s extensive benefits and reward package

**Full UK driving licence preferred but not essential.

Are you looking to be a part of an amazing team to support five people at the beginning of the next chapter of their lives, starting a new journey where they can thrive, be happy and achieve things they never thought possible?

As a support worker your contribution will be invaluable. You\'ll work as a team to provide support for people who have Autism and Learning Disabilities; helping them to live as independently as possible. Through skilful interactions and involvement in person centred planning and partnership working you\'ll work with them and their families, to provide excellent, person centred support, which is both safe, maximises choice and control and identifies outcomes that improve the quality of their everyday life.

You\'ll be part of a team that includes support from a positive behaviour support consultant. Your day to day management will come from an experienced, passionate leader who will work alongside you. This will assist you with your own leadership and interactions that will in turn enable people to move forward in their lives creating community connections, friends, hobbies, interests, and work. Being passionate, creative and values led will really help you in achieving the small and bigger goals and outcomes that we all see as part of a safe, happy, healthy and empowering life.

Main Duties & Responsibilities of a Support Worker

• To work as part of a team and be values driven
• Engage with and follow personal support plans
• Follow key behaviour strategies and feedback on the effectiveness of these
• Be resilient, positive and professional
• Participation in a wide range of activities in people\'s homes and community
• Willing to deal with challenging behaviour and use own initiative and think of solutions

About us

Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK and has pioneered specialist support for over 220 years.

We specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities or autism, who may also have sight loss, to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible. Whether that is forming more friendships and relationships, enjoying new experiences and activities or finding employment.

Training and Development

At SeeAbility, we fully support your training and development. You will start with an extensive Induction programme and throughout your probationary period you will be equipped with face-to-face training, e-learning and guidance to support you whilst in your new role.

Your continued development is important to us, therefore, SeeAbility offer the means to progress your career, your way! You will learn and be supported in your role, and have the opportunity achieve professional qualifications - Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, which are funded by SeeAbility!

Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don\'t delay, apply today.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity

SeeAbility safeguards and promotes the welfare of the young people and adults we support. Therefore, we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate vetting checks prior to joining.

SeeAbility is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support.

COVID-19 Information

During the pandemic we are following Government guidance regarding reducing transmission rates. This means we take every precaution to keep you, and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process.

Additionally, some of our services requires you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (or exempt). This means having Vaccinations 1 and 2. You can join us if you have had at least one vaccination and have your second vaccination 10 weeks after the first.

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Our Benefits

Our colleagues at SeeAbility are extremely valued, and so everyone has access to a fantastic package of benefits.

Your extraordinary opportunities

• Leadership development academy and talent programme for the next steps in your career
• Fully paid essential training
• Funded professional qualifications - Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5 available
• Annual excellence awards
• Long service awards and recognition
• Quarterly 1:1s: Opportunity to discuss your progress and your future

Your work-life balance

• 28 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), increasing to 36 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service)
• Buy and sell up to 3 days annual leave
• Life events - Time off when you need it most
• Flexible working - We are up for anything that works for your team and the wider organisation

Your money goes further

• Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants and activities
• Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts
• Save 10% on monthly bus travel
• Pay reviews and commitment to pay competitive rates
• Employer contributory pension scheme - Support and tools to help you make the right decisions about your future
• Refer a friend and receive \xc2\xa3600
• Paid DBS and renewals
• Season ticket loans
• Discounted mobile phone options

Your wellbeing counts

• Life assurance of 2x annual salary
• Free 24/7 employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Free eye care vouchers
• Discounted gym membership

If you want to make a difference too, join our team.

About The Company

SeeAbility