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Are you a friendly and approachable person? Do you strive for the best in everything you do, and think you could make a positive difference to the lives of autistic and/or neurodivergent individuals? If this sounds like you, and you’re seeking a rewarding job role, we are currently recruiting for a Senior Support Worker to join our Children's Residential team.
Working independently and as part of a team, you will support Children within our residential homes. You will need to be enthusiastic, able to use your own initiative, have a drive and resilience for what is often a demanding role; and you must be people-centred with good communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to build positive, trusting relationships with the Children we support.
*This role is based between our three residential children's homes, Belford, Braemar and Tunstall.*
PLEASE NOTE: We are not offering sponsorship at this time
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Benefits for you
- Over 7 weeks’ holiday a year
- Flexible working options
- Pension scheme with employer contributions
- Instant access to up to 40% of your salary as you earn it
- Extensive specialist training to develop your career
- Employee discounts on over 130,000 shops and entertainment venues
- Access to Blue Light Card, the discount service for emergency and social care staff
- Employee Assistance Programme to support health and wellbeing
- Refer-a-friend scheme – receive £500
- Beautiful working environment
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
For more than 40 years we’ve led the way in providing autism-specific care and education for children, young people, and adults across the North-East of England.
Find out more about our work here: www.ne-as.org.uk/what-we-believe .
This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. As such it will be necessary for a enhanced Disclosure submission to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.The North East Autism Society’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children, young people and adults across all of our services is reflected in our safer recruitment process.
As a Disability Confident Employer we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for thisjob vacancy.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and/or vulnerable adults.
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Senior Residential Child Carer (VN675) in Sunderland employer: North East Autism Society
North East Autism Society is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive work environment where empathy and leadership are valued. With 36 days of annual leave and a commitment to employee growth, staff can thrive while making a meaningful impact in the lives of autistic and neurodivergent adults at our beautiful New Warlands Farm location in County Durham.
