Support Worker (5026)

apartmentSuffolk Independent Living placeStowmarket calendar_month 

Must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this role, sponsorship not available.

3 hours available per weekend with opportunity for more weekday hours in school holidays.

£11.44 per hour

Job reference: 5026

About me

I am a 14-year-old boy who is non-verbal and has autism. I live at home with my mum, dad and younger brother who also has autism. I am very happy and loving!

I am looking for a support worker who has a positive attitude and approach with autism with a good understanding of my high-level needs. I require support with day-to-day things and within the local community such as at the shops and the park.

My support worker will support me to get as much as I can out of life and help my parents with boosting my independence.

The successful candidate will be responsible to my mum as the employer

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Personal care and toileting
  • Help when in the community as I have no awareness of danger or route
planning.
  • Helping me with meals.
Personal Specification

(refer to these when submitting your application)

Essential Criteria
  • No photos are to be taken of me and discretion is necessary
  • Good communication
  • Patience
  • Good approach to personal care
Desirable Criteria
  • Experience with autism
Summary terms and conditions
  • Hours, days and times of work: 3 hours per week during term time. Hours to be
worked on the weekends. Opportunity for extra weekday hours in the school
holidays
  • Pay rate: £11.44 per hour
  • Annual leave: The annual holiday entitlement for this position will be equivalent
to the work normally done during 5.6 weeks (statutory entitlement).
  • Expenses: You will be reimbursed for prior agreed expenses incurred as part
of the role.
  • Sick pay: I do not operate a private sick pay scheme but provided you meet
the eligibility criteria, you may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).
  • Pension: I do not operate a private pension scheme but I will fulfil my statutory

obligations via the NEST pension scheme

The post is subject to the following
  • Background check: A satisfactory Enhanced with Barred List(s) Disclosure and
Barring Service check is required for this position.
o If you have been convicted of a criminal offence, please send these details to SIL in a separate email or in a sealed envelope together with a stamped addressed envelope. This will not be shared unless you are shortlisted for the post.
References: If successful, you will be required to provide details of two referees, one of which must be your current or most recent employer, or character references if you have not been employed
  • Trial period: This post is subject to a probationary period of 3 months.

How to apply

If you wish to apply for this position, please complete an application form and return it to SIL, quoting the job reference number 5026.
Please refer to the job description.
Online form: https://www.suffolkindependentliving.org.uk/application-form-1
Email: suffolk@silmail.org Telephone: 01473 603876

Post - Address: SIL, Unit 21, IP City Centre, 1 Bath Street, Ipswich, IP2 8SD

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