Experienced Support Worker

Tofts Road - Experienced Support Worker In Supported Living - Autism Specific Experience in supporting people with autism is essential. £11.44 per hour with excellent benefits and discounts with everyday living. Tofts Road is an autism accredited supported living service in LS28. We are looking for enthusiastic, positive role models to support our service users. The people we support have autism, mental health issues and anxiety so we work to offer a safe and calm environment with comfortable routines. We provide person-centred support that is tailored to each individual. It is important you have excellent interpersonal skills to support confidence building and verbal communication - Makaton is used as main ways of communicating. Our service users also enjoy leisure and social pursuits such as gaming, having meals out, shopping, going for walks and having holidays/days out. We are looking for individuals who will support our service users by promoting their independence. The role will include: assisting with medication, record keeping, finance management, planning for positive outcomes, providing support during behaviours of concern, liaising with external health professionals and supporting with social and leisure activities. Benefits and Rewards A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff) Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job An employer contributory pension scheme In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits: Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours) £10,000 Life cover A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information) A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services Cycle to Work Scheme A financial wellbeing scheme Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply) Recognition Initiatives We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are: Respect - Honesty - Responsibility - Excellence If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for: Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values - Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders. Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect. If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.