Our friendly Bideford Residential home Kingsley House is currently looking for a passionate, committed and experienced Senior Support Worker - New Starter Lead to join their team to support autistic adults.
This role will ensure that all new staff have the support they require to execute their job role to the best of their ability. You will be there from day 1 to support new employees and will support them all the way through until the completion of their probation period.
Being a Senior Support Worker - New Starter Lead takes bravery, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.
This is a 39 hour a week vacancy. Your working pattern will be varied over a seven-day rota, and would include some weekends and bank holidays.
The role includes:
You will have a working knowledge of care standards and related legislation and have good report writing skills. You should be able demonstrate how you are able to lead and motivate a team to reach agreed outcomes and uphold the values of the organisation.
You should have a relevant Level 3 qualification or be willing to work towards within a given time period. You must be willing to work flexibly.
To protect our autistic adults, all staff are required to have a criminal background check. Possession of an Enhanced DBS Check either on the Update Service or conducted within the last 12 months would be preferable but not essential.
We offer:
You may have a personal connection, a desire to work with or real life experiences working with autistic people. 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.
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The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, challenge perceptions and build a society that works for autistic people.
Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks which will include references and criminal backgrounds.
We are passionate about supporting autistic people into work, and particularly welcome applications from autistic people. We help autistic people from all backgrounds and strive to represent the same diversity in our staff and volunteers. We particularly encourage applications from people from all minority groups, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. Together, we can create a society that works for autistic people.