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Form of workWe are looking for a Part Time Support Worker (32.5 hours) to work in our Day Centre located in Gravesend.
Our Day Centre currently supports autistic adults. They all thoroughly enjoy going out into the community as they regularly attend activities such as swimming, horse-riding and trampolining. A number of them also carry out Work Experience. Inside the Day Centre itself, they participate in the indoor activities such as music, drama, dance, art, cooking and self-help skills. The staff that work at these services have fantastic communication skills, use their own initiative and are flexible.
You must be a driver and hold a full UK driving licence and willing to drive our own minibus. The mini bus is a 9 seater, the same size as a Transit van so you only need an ordinary licence, with 2 years driving experience. As driver you will take our clients and staff out to do their activities.
We need you to beresilient, supportive and sensitive towards the needs of autistic people. Being a Support Worker takes bravery, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.
You may havea personal connection, a desire to work with or real life experiences working with autistic people.You might not have lots of experience yet, but if you share our values and are willing to make a difference to the lives of autistic people, we’d love to hear from you.
We offer
- Excellent training and development programme
- Career progression opportunities
- Enhanced overtime. Additional payments for sleep-in and on call.
- Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance counselling programme
- Competitive pension scheme
- 33 days annual leave (incl. Public Holidays)
- Access to our benefits portal - online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits for places such as Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Halfords, Nike, Apple, Nando's and loads more!
- Cycle to work scheme
- Headspace membership for yourself + 3 friends/family members - Headspace is a global leader in mindfulness and meditation
- Occupational sick pay
- Salary Finance - Our charity partner offers Salary Finance loans as a financial wellbeing benefit for our staff.
- Eligibility for Blue Light Card
- Join the Team Scheme - Refer a friend and receive £200!
- Level 1 membership to Healthcare Cash Plan for all permanent staff!
- We are excited to announce up to 14 new benefits which launched in April 2023 including private health and dental insurance
Please click here to view a copy of our support staff job description
You will undertake comprehensive training in your induction period which will involve in person and online training modules.
If you have any specific questions about the role, please email HRHub@nas.org.uk.
The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, challenges perceptions and build a society that works for autistic people.
Visit our website to find out more about who we are and what we do.
Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.
We are passionate about supporting autistic people into work, and particularly welcome applications from autistic people. We help autistic people from all backgrounds and strive to represent the same diversity in our staff and volunteers. We particularly encourage applications from people from all minority groups, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. Together, we can create a society that works for autistic people.
