Outreach Support Worker

Would you love to make a positive difference to people’s lives every day? We are seeking dedicated and compassionate Outreach Support Workers to help to improve the lives of adults with autism.

You will be working for a charity dedicated to helping create a more autism friendly society. You will make a positive difference to people's lives every day. It's rewarding, challenging and loads of fun; you'll meet some great people, and have access to brilliant training and development opportunities!

Position: Outreach Support Worker

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire (Hunslet, Armley and Chapel Allerton)

Hours: There are a variety of Full time and Part Time working options available between 8am and 6pm.

Salary: £18,525 per annum (pro rata for part time)

About the role:

As a Support Worker you will help to improve the lives of the adults supported, by promoting understanding and acceptance of people with autism, and helping them to be included and feel valued within their communities. You will be committed to maximising personal liberties and enabling people to make choices and decisions about their own lives. To ensure the highest standards of support are provided to the people who are supported, you will work within local and national guidelines and always strive to provide the best experience for our service users.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Ensure the welfare and development of all service users by providing the highest standards of care
• Support service users in the community to engage in a wide variety of activities such as gardening, swimming, bowling and walking
• Promote and implement inclusive, person centred care planning practices
• Support service users to plan their support; identify and achieve personal goals and/or outcomes
• Support service users in a non-judgemental manner in-keeping with the principles of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
• Facilitate communication in-keeping with individuals’ preferred methods of communicating
• Help service users to develop records of their achievements and goals in a format which is right for them
• Promote personal liberty, choice, inclusion and decision making
• Complete all appropriate recording formats including health and safety records, service user records, medication, etc.
• Ensure the safe administration and storage of medication
• Recognise changes with regards to physical, social and emotional well-being and bring these to the attention of your line manager
• Maintain professional boundaries at all times

About you:

You don’t need to have worked in supported social care before to apply for this role, if you are caring, kind, patient this is for you.

You will need to have the ability to empathise and advocate for the needs of people with autism, as well as great communication skills and basic IT skills.

If you want to work in a job that is genuinely rewarding, then apply today!

In return:

As well as knowing what you do on a daily basis is making a real difference to people’s lives, you will also receive the following benefits package:

• 25 Days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Health Care Scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Death in service benefit payments
• Sick pay
• Health and wellbeing support
• Learning, Development and Progression opportunities
• Access to our Employee Assistance programme, including a 24-hour helpline
• Referral and employee recognition programmes

Whilst experience is not essential as full training will be provided, we very much welcome previous experience of working with adults with learning disabilities, Care Worker, Health Care Assistant, Support Worker, Nurses, Social Care Worker, Care Assistant, Mental Health Care Worker, Voluntary Worker.