Support Worker (5026)
Suffolk Independent Living Stowmarket
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 hourJob 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
- Helping me with meals.
(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
- Experience with autism
- Hours, days and times of work: 3 hours per week during term time. Hours to be
holidays
- Pay rate: £11.44 per hour
- Annual leave: The annual holiday entitlement for this position will be equivalent
- Expenses: You will be reimbursed for prior agreed expenses incurred as part
- Sick pay: I do not operate a private sick pay scheme but provided you meet
- 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
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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