Pinecroft - Night Support Worker (Up to 3 Nights Per Week available) Filton, England
Job description
We are seeking a Night Support Worker to join our friendly team at Pinecroft, based in Alveston, Thornbury, near Bristol.
Pinecroft is our specialised residential home where we support 4 autistic adults to develop skills to promote their health and wellbeing, inclusion in the local community and greater independence. We are looking for staff with a “can do” approach who can offer active support to facilitate and enable the people we support to progress and move on.
Your working pattern will be varied over a seven day rota and could include bank holidays and sleep-ins. This role will be for 1, 2 or 3 nights (candidates discretion 9.25hrs shifts)
The role includes:
- Supporting adults to achieve their goals
- To guide, prompt, support individuals to undertake activities and learn new skills
- Be fully available throughout the night to attend to the individual needs of person(s) we support enabling them to have a restful night
- To be part of a team around key individuals
A full UK driving licence and access to transport would be preferred.
We offer:
- Part Time opportunity – 1, 2 or 3 Nights per week (9.25hrs shifts)
- Enhanced overtime. Additional payments for sleep-in and on call
- Excellent training and development programme
- Career progression opportunities
- Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance counselling programme
- Competitive pension scheme
- 33 days annual leave (incl. Public Holidays)
- Online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits
We need you to be resilient, supportive and sensitive towards the needs of autistic people. Being a support worker takes passion, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.
To protect our autistic adults, all staff are required to have a criminal background check.
You may have a personal connection, a desire to work with or real life experiences working with autistic people. You might not have lots of experience yet, but if you share our values and are willing to make a difference to the lives of autistic people, we’d love to hear from you.
Help transform lives by joining our team TODAY!
You’ll be joining our team, both locally and nationally and we’ll support you every step of the way.
Job Description
Visit our website to find out more about who we are and what we do.
To apply for the role, please click the button at the end of this page to apply online.
For an informal chat about the service/role please contact Dawn Roth on 07920 247397
All shortlisted candidates will be invited to an online interview. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks which will include references and criminal backgrounds.
The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, challenge perceptions and build a society that works for autistic people.
We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from those with a diagnosis of ASD.
