Female Nights Support Worker in Northampton

Employment package: £12.71 per hour, Employee Assistance programme, Funded DBS, Industry recognised training and qualifications, bonus reward scheme.

Vacancy: Permanent two week working pattern at 35 hours with alternative weekends. Plus options for overtime regularly. Night team work a mixture of 21:00 to 07:00 or 22:00 to 08:00 patterns.

Requirements: This role has a few specific requirements to meet the support needs of the clients:

• Previous experience supporting with needs associated with Autism, Learning disabilities, Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy etc.
• The role involves supporting individuals with some personal care tasks, where the individual's preference is female staff only.

Who are Personalised 4 Autism? We're an independent social care provider specialising in supporting, primarily adults, with a diagnosis of autism to live as independently as possible. We have supported various people onto the next steps of their lives for over 10 years operating in Northampton, Wellingborough, and Towcester and the surrounding areas. Our latest expansion, and the focus of this role, is a dedicated support service in Rushden that we have recently taken over the management of.

What does a typical day look like at P4A? Well, the truth is, there isn't one. Each one of our service users is different and their independence goals are personalised to them. Adaptability is at the core of who we are as a service, respecting that each client is an individual is the key to success! Now, there may be some recurring themes around developing independence such as:

• Attending appointments and routine community based activities like weekly shopping.
• Emotional and mental wellbeing support.
• Providing assistance with personal care needs.
• Administering and assisting with medication.
• Support with budgeting and understanding finances.
• Preparing and/or supporting with meal preparation.
• Health and fitness activities such as swimming, gym, trampoline parks etc.
• Building social skills through leisure and social activities like bowling, pool, discos, meals out.
• Promoting independent travel with support on public transport services.

As a night based role, some of these are less prominent than others but key is a drive to make a difference and seek new opportunities for our service users to make the most out of their support and strive to reach their individual goals.

What would I need to make a real difference? Our GROW values are the seedlings of everything we do. Our teams need to be able to embrace and demonstrate these values to support our clients towards independence:

• Goal focused - Committed and passionate about encouraging independence and offering support towards the clients' goals within each session outcome.
• Respect - Encourages people's individuality and be inclusive in providing support with the personal choice at the forefront of the support.
• Ownership - Taking the lead and using initiative to solve problems and create positive experiences for our service users.
• Working Together - Embraces teamwork and the importance of open communication across the service and with external partners.

Please be aware that all of the team are subject to thorough suitability checks including accessing Disclosure and Barring service, enhanced employment history validation and that these checks are acceptable to our standards in addition to standard legal rights to work within the UK checks. Please note that we are not able to offer visa sponsorship.

If you feel this all sounds like it suits what you are looking for then please get in touch about the opportunities we have.