Support Worker - Leicester Camden Road

Support Worker - Leicester Camden Road Leicester, England

The National Autistic Society
Full Time Leicester, England 16763 - 21900 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Support workers needed for our friendly team, in Braunstone, Leicester

Camden Road, Leicester, is home to 8 young autistic adults. Our expert support and structured environments enable them to develop their skills, confidence and independence and to live full lives in our community. They all have very different needs, interests, goals and levels of support. They may need support with managing finances, medication, health needs, cleaning and some personal care


  • Working as part of a team, sharing responsibility fairly and being supportive of others.
  • providing support to the people we work with that positively impacts their health and wellbeing, whilst enabling them to fulfil their potential.
  • Develop person centred working relationships with the individuals,
  • Actively encouraging and supporting meaningful activities, both inside and outside the service in accordance with individual’s interests, choices and needs.

Your working pattern will be18-37hrs varied over a seven-day rota. This will be mixture of shifts and will include some weekends and bank holidays. (Our early shift starts at 7.15am and our latest finish at 9.30pm)

We offer:

  • Full Time/ Part Time - Permanent role
  • Enhanced overtime. Additional payments for sleep-ins 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

If successful, you will also need to commit to our 3-day Safeguarding training.

Being a support worker takes passion, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.

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.

You’ll be joining our team, both locally and nationally and we’ll support you every step of the way.

All shortlisted candidates will be invited to an online Microsoft Teams interview.

Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks which will include references and DBS check.

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.

Support Worker - Leicester Camden Road
The National Autistic Society

www.autism.org.uk
London, United Kingdom
Caroline Stevens
$25 to $50 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Civic, Welfare & Social Services
1962
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