Senior Support Worker - Supported Living - Colchester

Autism Anglia is a well-established independent charity. We have opportunities available for Senior Support Workers on a full-time or part-time basis. Working from our Supported Living locations across Colchester and Greater Colchester, Essex, the successful Senior Support Worker will assist people who are within the autistic spectrum and enable them to maximize their potential and develop life skills across multiple activities. The Senior Support Worker will work as part of a team to help those in your care to help them achieve their own life plans, through a person-centred approach.Autism Anglia is dedicated to providing ongoing training and supervision, continuing professional development and support as well as an extensive induction on commencement of employment.Supported LivingAutism Anglia’s Supported Living service supports individuals across multiple locations in the Colchester and Greater Colchester areas. Offering one-to-one support and enabling autistic people to live as independently as possible. We work together to enable access to the wider community. Every Supported Living service is located in the community and is either a housing association property, privately rented or owned by Autism Anglia. Services range from one to four adults per property, depending on suitability and needSupport Workers in our Supported Living service recognise each individual’s aspirations and needs and work towards enabling individuals to achieve their own life plans by developing life skills through person-centred, strengths-based planning. This will include being actively involved in empowering them to make individual choices about their everyday living.  The role:Day-to-day responsibility for the running of the service, ensuring a high standard of delivery.Leading staff managers and allocating duties to ensure that all the people we support have their needs fully metTo actively promote the development of each individual using a holistic approach, which demonstrates, an understanding of their personal, physical, emotional, spiritual and developmental needs.Supporting the team leader with rota management and maintaining clear communicationEncouraging each individual person, we support to be as independent as possible recognising that emotional and practical support may be required Applications are welcome from Senior Support workers who:Ideally you will hold or are working towards your HSC Level 3Previous experience in a similar roleAbility to manage emotionally and physically challenging situations and behaviours.Ability to identify needs, wishes, and aspirations of individuals who may have communication needs.Experience in working with people with Autism and intensive behavioural support.Experienced with activity co-ordination, knowledge of opportunities in surrounding areasGood range of communication skillsExperience working within a health and social care environment The successful Senior Support worker must be prepared to work rostered alternate weekends. To Apply:If you have a genuine passion for supporting and uplifting others, your outstanding future at Autism Anglia could be moments away. Apply today and our recruitment team will be in touch. Autism Anglia considers itself to be a fully inclusive employer, welcoming applications from all individuals who are able to meet and exceed the requirements of the position and may wish to request flexible working or reasonable adjustments to appropriately support candidates.Autism Anglia is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults or children and expects all staff to share this commitment in the fullest sense.  This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.  For all enhanced DBS roles, we are permitted to seek access to spent convictions under The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended 2013).