Job Description
Autism Anglia is a well-established charity celebrating 50 years. We have opportunities available for Support Workers on a full-time and part-time basis. Working from our Norfolk Campus in Whitstone and Walnut Houses in Dereham The successful Support Worker will assist people who are within the autistic spectrum and enable them to maximize their potential and develop life skills across multiple activities. The Support Worker will work as part of a team to help those in your care to help them achieve their own life plans, through a person-centred approach.
Autism Anglia is dedicated to providing ongoing training and supervision, continuing professional development and support as well as an extensive induction on commencement of employment.
- Location: Dereham, Norfolk, Whitstone and Walnut Houses
- Salary: £11.12 per hour - £21453.72 FTE
- Hours: Full Time 37 hours per week
Whitstone House and Walnut House
Whitstone House and Walnut House accommodate individuals within the autistic spectrum as part of Autism Anglia’s Adult services. Enabling all individuals to participate in various physical activities such as walking, swimming, shopping, and general socialising in the wider community.
Support Workers at Whitstone House and Walnut House recognise each individual’s aspirations. Support Workers and the team, work towards enabling individuals to achieve their own life plans by developing life skills through person-centred, strengths-based planning. This will include being actively involved in empowering them to make individual choices about their everyday living.
The role:
- Working in partnership with the team to provide a strengths-based, outcome focussed approach for all individuals.
- Maintain the dignity, respect and privacy of each individual supported by assisting them with personal care, health and hygiene-related activities, which may involve sport and leisure, cultural and recreational activities including day trips, short breaks or holidays.
- Assist individuals with communication support tasks, phycological monitoring, or intervention and sensory support tasks.
- Ensure that the quality of support given meets the identified need m and that all relevant documentation is regularly reviewed, evaluated and amended as necessary.
- Keep up-to-date and clear and accurate records and support plans/ risk assessments to reflect each individual’s requirements.
- Know, understand and work within Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults procedures, ensuring all concerns are acted on and dealt with according to policy and procedure
Applications are welcome from Support workers who:
- Ability to manage emotionally and physically challenging situations and behaviours.
- Ability to identify the needs, wishes, and aspirations of individuals who may have communication needs.
- Experience in working with people with Autism and intensive behavioural support.
- Experienced with activity co-ordination, knowledge of opportunities in surrounding areas
- Good range of communication skills
- It is highly desirable that you hold a clean driving licence with at least two years of driving experience
- Experience working within a health and social care environment
To Apply:
If you have a genuine passion for supporting and uplifting others, your outstanding future at Autism Anglia could be moments away. Apply now by clicking on the link below or contact Natalie Dwan on 01206 577 678 OR email Recruitment@autism-anglia.org.uk to arrange a confidential discussion.
Autism Anglia considers itself to be a fully inclusive employer, welcoming applications from all individuals who are able to meet and exceed the requirements of the position and may wish to request flexible working or reasonable adjustments to appropriately support candidates.
Autism Anglia is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults or children and expects all staff to share this commitment in the fullest sense. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. For all enhanced DBS roles, we are permitted to seek access to spent convictions under The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended 2013).
Autism Anglia is an independent charity with a range of services across East Anglia which provide care and support to children, adults, and families affected by autism. Our services include an independent specialist school, further education provision, adult residential houses, study centres, supported living packages, professional advice and training, and family support and advice.
The charity offers a personalised approach that provides each individual with the necessary skills and strategies to enable them to realise their own strengths and abilities. Autism Anglia is passionate about assisting people with autism to lead the most independent life style as possible.
The origins of the charity begin in the early 1970’s with families living in Essex and Norfolk independently realising that there was no specialist provision for their children who were on the autistic spectrum. The lack of provision resulted in two separate organisations being operated and managed up until 2008 when there was a successful merger and the formation of Autism Anglia. The charity has continued to expand and grow and now employs over 390 members of staff in a range of diverse roles. We are passionate about changing and shaping the lives of people with autism for the better and are able to do so through raising awareness of the spectrum condition and by being part of Autism Alliance. The alliance has enabled us to increase capacity to campaign and lobby on behalf of people with autism by being part of a national organisation which has the power to reach and campaign for a better life for people with autism.
Autism Anglia is a well-established charity which provides ongoing training, supervision, continuing professional development and support, as well as an extensive induction on commencement of employment. It gives employees the opportunity to help others achieve and maintain their independence within their capabilities.