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Autism Support Worker

Gray Healthcare

The closing date is 15 May 2025

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Job summary

Autism Support Worker

Location Whitegate Cheshire

£12.21 per hour

Role Description Autism Support Worker

Gray Healthcare are recruiting a new team of support workers within the Whitegate area of Cheshire to support a gentleman in his 50's who has a diagnosis Autism and Learning Disabilities who be living independently in his own home receiving 2:1 support 24 hours a day.

Main duties of the job

The gentleman we will be supporting has a good sense of humour and enjoys his own routine but requires positive motivation from staff.

He will be supported by a mixed gender team on mixed shifts of days and waking nights.We are recruitingdrivers onlyfor this role as the individual we support will have a mobility vehicle to access the community.

About us

Benefits

  • Highly competitive salary
  • Fully paid induction and training
  • Company pension
  • Professional development
  • 28 Days (Including Bank Holidays)
  • Blue light card
  • Additional annual leave with each year's service up to a maximum of 33 days

About Us

Gray Healthcare is a specialist Health and Social Care provider, supporting people with complex needs, disabilities and long-term conditions looking to step back into the community from in-patient support services.At Gray Healthcare, we offer our own dynamic approach to care, enabling people to move back into their own homes - into their own communities giving them control of their life.We create a bespoke support package for each individual, with support from our own multi-disciplinary team, adaptable to meet all current and future needs.

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0018-JCH

Job locations

2000 Vortex Court

Enterprise Way

Liverpool

Merseyside

L13 1FB


Hartford Railway Station

Chester Road

Northwich

Cheshire

CW8 1QX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Hours (Alternative weekends)

1 x 36-hour contract 3 x12 hour shift per week on Days and 1 Sleep

1 x 36-hour contract 3 x12 hour shift per week on Days and 2 Sleep

Induction and Training

We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training. (Company induction, systems, and Medication.) Followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, this is a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint dominate approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare, and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Hours (Alternative weekends)

1 x 36-hour contract 3 x12 hour shift per week on Days and 1 Sleep

1 x 36-hour contract 3 x12 hour shift per week on Days and 2 Sleep

Induction and Training

We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training. (Company induction, systems, and Medication.) Followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, this is a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint dominate approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare, and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Autism Support Worker Required Skills and Experience
  • Full UK Driving License Essential.
  • Social care experience, ideally with supporting individuals on the Autism Spectrum
  • Experience providing encouragement to a person with Anxiety, Autism, Learning Disabilities.
  • Experience supporting individuals with behaviours which may be considered challenging.
  • Experience implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.
  • You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. We no longer have any certificates of sponsorship available and are unable to consider sponsorship.
  • This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Autism Support Worker Required Skills and Experience
  • Full UK Driving License Essential.
  • Social care experience, ideally with supporting individuals on the Autism Spectrum
  • Experience providing encouragement to a person with Anxiety, Autism, Learning Disabilities.
  • Experience supporting individuals with behaviours which may be considered challenging.
  • Experience implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.
  • You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. We no longer have any certificates of sponsorship available and are unable to consider sponsorship.
  • This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Gray Healthcare

Address

2000 Vortex Court

Enterprise Way

Liverpool

Merseyside

L13 1FB


Employer's website

https://www.grayhealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gray Healthcare

Address

2000 Vortex Court

Enterprise Way

Liverpool

Merseyside

L13 1FB


Employer's website

https://www.grayhealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0018-JCH

Job locations

2000 Vortex Court

Enterprise Way

Liverpool

Merseyside

L13 1FB


Hartford Railway Station

Chester Road

Northwich

Cheshire

CW8 1QX


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