We are looking for a
Bank Support Worker to join our team in our in our
Plymouth Services.
Queens Road is our specialised supported living home, located near Mutley Plain, where we support 5 autistic adults to develop skills promoting their health and wellbeing, inclusion in the local community and greater independence. We are looking for support workers with a “can do” approach who can offer active support to facilitate and enable the people we support to progress and move on.
Our outreach team supports people living in their own or family homes. They have a variety of interests and support requirements, including maintaining their homes, social networking and attending activities
If you are passionate about providing an excellent standard of support and have or would like to specialise in making a difference to someone on the autism spectrum, then we would like to hear from you.
A full UK driving licence and access to transport would be preferred.
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
We need you to be resilient, supportive and sensitive towards the needs of autistic people. Being a support worker takes passion, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.
Help transform lives by joining our team TODAY!
You’ll be joining our team, both locally and nationally and we’ll support you every step of the way.
Visit our website to find out more about who we are and what we do.
To apply for the role, please click the button at the end of this page to apply online.
Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks which will include references and criminal backgrounds.
The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, challenge perceptions and build a society that works for autistic people.
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.
We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from those with a diagnosis of ASD.
Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. If you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.