Autism Anglia is a well-established independent charity. We have opportunities available for Senior Support Workers on a Part-Time basis. Working from our Supported Living Service in Colchester, Essex 

The successful Senior Support Worker will assist people who are within the autistic spectrum. Enabling them to maximize their potential and develop life skills across multiple activities. The successful Senior Support Worker will work as part of a team to help those in your care. Helping them achieve their own life goals, through person-centred planning.

This role is well suited to someone with previous experience working as a Healthcare Assistant, or Carer. Caring for Autistic individuals, or those with Learning Disabilities in a healthcare setting. 

Autism Anglia offers an extensive induction on the commencement of employment. We are also dedicated to ongoing training and professional development. 

 Supported Living

Autism 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, some with additional Learning Disabilities 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 need.

Support Workers in our Supported Living service recognise each individual’s aspirations and needs.  Working 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 met
• To 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 communication
• Encouraging 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 3
• Previous experience working as a Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant or Carer, preferably with Autism or Learning Disabilities
• Previous experience in a similar role
• 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 areas
• Good range of communication skills
• Experience working within a health and social care environment

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 one of the 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).