direct healthcare support professional London, England
Job description
Are you passionate about supporting young adults with autism and learning disabilities? Do you want to work in an organisation rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC?
We are currently recruiting for Evening and Night Support Workers in North London specifically in Haringey and Enfield. Evening shifts will be from 1:30pm-9:30pm or 3pm-9:30pm and Night Shift times are approximately 9.30pm-9am. Induction training will take place during the day in your first few weeks of employment. You will be fully supervised and should have full-time availability from Monday- Sunday.
Working in care is an incredible role where you make a huge difference, this is why we pay our Support Workers some of the leading salaries in London from £11.95-£14 p/h, plus full training and discretionary contribution toward professional accreditation, for example, [Registered Behaviour Technician] Training, where you can flourish and develop with Beam.
We pride ourselves on providing a friendly and supportive environment for our Support Workers which is why most of our Support Workers have been with us for at least 3-5 years, many going on to progress in the company into senior positions.
Requirements Duties
- To support individuals with behavioural difficulties during the evening and night – these are both waking and sleeping night shifts.
- To assist in the implementation of person-centred programs utilising ABA and PBS best practice.
- To monitor and take accurate data daily per service users’ targets.
- To assist service users with self-help skills including personal care and hygiene needs (e.g, toileting, nappy changing, feeding, and medication) as required.
- To model best practice and professionalism at all times.
- Enable service user to improve self-management techniques ·
- To attend mandatory trainings, team meetings, and line management meetings.
- To promote safeguarding and wellbeing for service users to the highest standard.
- To implement restrictive techniques per service users’ positive handling plan as required.
- Other duties as required.
Required qualifications and skills
- Five GCSE's or equivalent
- Good spoken and written English language skills
- Good communication skills, capacity to respond in a timely fashion to calls, emails and messages.
- 6 months of applied experience working with individuals with a diagnosis of learning disability and/or autism
Preferred qualifications
- Undergraduate Degree in Psychology, Counselling, Social Work or related field of work.
- 1 year of applied experience working with individuals with special needs.
- Experience utilising the principles and methodology of ABA.
- Experience of managing challenging behaviour.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Salary and Holiday entitlement:
Full time positions are available, paid at an hourly rate of £11.95-£14 depending on qualifications and experience, salary for full-time staff from £18,642 - £21,840 based on 30 hour working week - overtime hours available. 28 days' paid holiday per year pro-rata.
Benefits and Perks:
· Mentor assigned to you for the first 3 months of your employment for additional support and bi-weekly catch ups
· Healthshield - a company allows you to claim cashback wellbeing related benefits, such as Spa and Physiotherapies, and also gives you a wide range of discounts from local stores to technology companies such as Apple
· Cycle to Work scheme – if you wish to cycle to work, the scheme allows you to buy cycling equipment at a lower costs
· Tech Scheme - purchasing technology products at lower costs
· Blue Light Card – offers discounts for local stores and activities like Starbucks, Cinemas and H&M
· Registered Behaviour Technician Training offered for free after completing Behaviour Support Worker Competencies
· All staff receive an iPhone for data input, professional correspondence, and team collaboration.
Covid Considerations:
· PPE items such as masks and hand sanitizers will be provided
· If you show any Covid-19 symptoms, you will need to take an LFT test
· Covid Vaccinations are recommended for all staff.
Please note: We are currently unable to provide sponsorship.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £11.95-£14.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private medical insurance
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Loyalty bonus
Application question(s):
- Do you have experience working night shifts as a support worker?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Nights
About Beam ABA Services
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 1 to 50 Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: www.beamaba.com
