Adult Support Worker
Scunthorpe
Salary - £24,182 per annum plus £500 joining bonus **plus additional £500 bonus once you pass your probation (minimum six months)
Hours: Full-time, Permanent (43 hours per week - Week 1 = 4 shifts, Week 2 = 3 shifts) Part time available
Essential: The Right to Work in the UK
The Opportunity
Options Autism are looking for an Adult Support Worker to join our team in Thorpe House. Thorpe House is a specialist residential service, rated CQC Good, which offers high quality accommodation for adults with autism, complex needs and/or learning disabilities. We currently have permanent, full and part-time roles available – Days or Nights. An ideal role for those interested in supporting adults with varied and complex needs.
Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure. Working in a residential environment where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, individuals are listened to, respected, and involved in as many decisions as possible. The home is based near Scunthorpe and within commutable distance of Scunthorpe. Brigg, Broughton, Winterton and surrounding villages and towns
How we reward you
We want our residents to have the best care possible, and therefore you’ll receive an exceptional rewards package including:
- Up to an extra £100 per month Humber Bridge Toll Allowance* drivers only
- £500 Joining bonus, **plus additional £500 bonus once you pass your probation (minimum six months)
- ‘Journey to Management’ programme – starting with your Level 2 Health and Social Care Adults
- Paid Childcare fees to support parents into full-time employment
- Annual Leave entitlement equivalent to 5.6 weeks per annum (with options to purchase more)
- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
And market leading benefits offered through our Flexible Benefits Platform Vista that enable you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:
- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad, to use at high street stores, events, cinemas, restaurants and more!
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover
The best part is you don’t need any prior experience, just the following:
- A big heart and passion to make a difference to the residents’ lives.
- Understanding that the people we care for can be challenging.
- Patience, resilience, and calmness.
- Become the “go to” person for help, support and guidance with their everyday needs.
- Willingness to learn not only about the people we support, but the ins and outs of Adult Residential Care.
And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, more time for you! Dependent upon site location.
We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.