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Senior Support Worker

Senior Support Worker

National Autistic Society • Bristol, United Kingdom
14 days ago
Job type
  • Part-time
  • Permanent
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Job description
Package Description:

The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.

Join Us as a Senior Support Worker
The National Autistic Society helps create a world that works for autistic people, and we have a rewarding opportunity for a Support Worker at Pinecroft. If you share our values and want to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Visit our website to find out more about who we are: https://www.autism.org.uk/

About the Service
Pinecroft is our specialised residential home where we support autistic adults who has a variety of mental health needs. We support them 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.

About the Role
We are looking for caring and reliable Support Workers. Your role is to help people live their best lives by following their support plans and daily routines.

What You’ll Do

  • Support life skills & independence (budgeting, shopping, meal preparation, room cleaning, train and bus journeys)
  • Support accessing chosen activities (gym, hiking, volunteering, pool, darts)
  • Record detailed and accurate digital support notes

What We’re Looking For

  • For you to inspire others with a positive attitude towards supporting vulnerable people
  • Experience with autistic people is helpful but not essential
  • Personal experience or a passion for helping others is welcome

Click here for the Job Description

Your working pattern in this role will require flexibility to meet the needs of the people supported and their families and will include evening and weekend working as well as sleep-in shifts.

Possession of a driving licence (minimum one year) is essential

What we can offer you

  • Pension – Auto-enrolled pension scheme.
  • Annual Leave – 33 days (including public holidays). You can buy or sell leave each year.
  • Training – Great induction and training, including autism training.
  • Discounts – Online staff discount scheme for shopping, cycling, tech, and more (e.g., Asda, Tesco, Nike, Apple).
  • Healthcare – Cash plan for permanent staff.
  • Life Assurance – 2x your base salary.
  • Flexible Benefits – Options like private health, dental insurance, holiday trading, enhanced pension.
  • Support – 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme and counselling.
  • Mindfulness – Free Headspace app for you and up to 3 family/friends.
  • Blue Light Card – Eligibility for discounts.
  • Extra Pay – Enhanced overtime, plus payments for sleep-in and on-call (if applicable to the role).
  • Refer a Friend – Get £200 when you refer someone.

About our application process

When you write your supporting statement:

  • Look at the job description and person specification.
  • Tell us how your skills and experience match the role.
  • Give examples if you can.

We might close this job advert early if we get lots of suitable applications.

For questions about this vacancy, please contact Lea Viljoen, hiring manager, at Lea.Viljoen@nas.org.uk

To protect our autistic adults at the National Autistic Society, 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.

Applications for this job are sought from anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from autistic people.

We are an equal opportunities employer and part of the Disability Confident Employer scheme.

Important Information

Agencies need not apply.

Please note the National Autistic Society are unable to provide sponsorship for Visas.

The National Autistic Society may use artificial intelligence (AI) to assist our recruitment team with reviewing applications for this role. All application decisions are made by people and are not determined automatically by AI.



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