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Female Support Worker - Learning Disabilities and Autism
If you require a Visa to work in the UK, SeeAbility is currently unable to support any sponsorship requests.
You must hold a full UK Driving licence to apply for this role Do you have experience supporting people with Autism, challenging behaviour, and learning disabilities?
Do you drive and hold a manual UK Licence? Do you live in the local area and have the Right to Work in the UK? If you have answered YES to the above, you could be exactly what we are looking for.
Come and be part of something extraordinary!
We are on the lookout for Support Workers who are calm, patient, and resilient. You will need to be able to drive and have a consistent approach to assisting the people we support to engage in the interests they love.
As a support worker, you will be part of an experienced staff team working within a busy and vibrant service where no two days are the same.
Support worker duties include :
We are looking for someone who can devote to 37.5 per week and are willing to work on a shift rota basis, covering mornings, evenings, and weekends.
You will work closely with the registered manager, deputy manager and your seniors to ensure that we are delivering the best person-centred care, ensuring outstanding delivery of support in line with our vision;
inclusive communities where people with dementia, autism, and learning disabilities and physical disabilities participate as equal citizens.
As a support worker 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.
You will be driving the person we support their car, so full UK clean drivers license is essential for this role.
Who will you be supporting?
Jane* Has her own mobility car and loves going out for long drives. She loves listening to music, sitting on her bean bag with sensory lights on reading fairy tale books!
Jack* is one of the most loving and caring people we support. He loves going on adventures on the train, watching the airplanes at the local airport.
Has a huge collection of fans that he likes to carry with him around. He has a great sense of humour and a cheeky laugh to go with it and can be very affectionate asking for head massages and scratches, he loves sensory interaction.
Joseph* He loves outdoor activities like gardening, taking a picnic and a flask with lots of coffee for a long walks. Likes to ride around buses for hours and he is the life of the party!
Josh* He loves spending time on his own watching old game shows. Sometimes he brings those game shows to life by playing them with his support team.
His favourite is strictly come dancing- "Its nice to see you, to see you nice!" When he does decide to go out, his favourite activity is to go to the local shop to buy sausage rolls and race back with his support staff and of course he has to always win!
Joan* She is the 'Miss independent' of the house! She loves working on the farm with the animals and collecting eggs of the chickens during the week and on weekends likes to spend her time going to dog shows, eco friendly shops and visiting her family!
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.
Safer Recruitment and Diversity
SeeAbility safeguards and promotes the welfare of the young people and adults we support. Therefore, we collaborate with successful candidates to complete appropriate vetting checks prior to joining.
SeeAbility is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion among our workforces. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support.
Our Benefits
Your rewards
Our colleagues at SeeAbility are extremely valued, and so everyone has access to a fantastic package of benefits.
Your extraordinary opportunities
Your work-life balance
Your money goes further
Your wellbeing counts
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 have 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 have support in your role, and have the opportunity achieve professional qualifications - Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, which are funded by SeeAbility!
About The Company
Last updated : 2024-03-29
Full Time
$24k-34k (estimate)
03/31/2024
06/29/2024
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