Position: Senior Support Worker

Salary : £36,183 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

This is more than a job; it’s a career that supports people to live life to the full.

What can we offer you?

· Company paid enhanced DBS

· Progression opportunities and career pathways

· Full training and development programme to support you in your role.

· Support to obtain your Diploma Level 3 qualification

· Generous annual holiday entitlement, rising with years’ service.

· Free Employee Assistance Programme with qualified advisors trained to help, 24 hours a day, any day of the year

· Long service entitlements

· Option to sell annual leave (subject to eligibility)

· Monthly staff cash prize draw (subject to eligibility)

· Medicash (subject to eligibility)

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic Senior Support Worker who has the drive and passion to support a service achieve success. The successful candidate will demonstrate integrity, compassion, and real commitment to working with Autism Initiatives.

You will be a full and active participant in the work of the team, demonstrating best practice. You will be a role model for your team, providing day to day support, guidance and direction to your team members. You may also be required to conduct formal supervisions. You will be required to work on a rota basis to include evenings, weekends, sleep in duties and additionally you may be required to perform waking nights as and when needed.

Your role as Senior Support Worker will be central in supporting service users in a personalised way in order to achieve their goals and aspirations. You will be responsible for systems and processes including support planning, recording, finance, staffing and health and safety.

We particularly welcome applications from candidates who hold a manual driving licence.

This is an exciting development opportunity to start or build on your career in care!

This position is subject to an enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service DBS

‘We at Autism Initiatives make a difference every day. We pride ourselves on being a values-based organisation who put the people we support in the heart of everything we do. We are also committed as an organisation to the well-being of our staff for all of the hard work they do each day. To support our employees we offer the following;

 Medicash

• Wellness plans
• A supportive team and friendly environment
• Financial wellbeing programme providing flexible access to pay

 We are committed to staff development and want all staff at Autism Initiatives to feel supported when at work. We have excellent opportunities for career development and progression and are always there to encourage staff as they embark on their career in Health and Social Care’

Interviews are scheduled to be held week commencing Monday 10^th November 2025.

If you are interested in applying for this position and making a difference to someone’s life then please complete the application form by clicking the “apply now” tab on the left.

The job description and person specification can also be found above the application form, on the apply now tab.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and in service delivery.

Benefits of working with us

In addition to excellent rates of pay, a contributory pension and generous holiday entitlements, you will enjoy an enhanced range of benefits designed to reward the outstanding support that staff provide. Some of these benefits start immediately, whilst others are awarded at later dates in recognition of loyalty, dedication and long service.

Full details of all staff benefits are available on our intranet once you start working with us as benefits may vary from role to role, but here’s a brief run-down of a few of them:

• Your birthday off work every year
• Your birthday off work every year
• Additional paid holidays after 1, 2 and 3 years’ service
• Extra paid holidays in milestone service years

Before you start

Getting Started:

Our application form will ask you for information so it’s a great idea to have these to hand before you get started:

• Your previous employment: we will require confirmation of the past 5 years of your employment history
• Relevant qualifications to the role
• A minimum of 2 reference contact details, one of which must be your current/most recent employer.
• For further Tips on completing your application, please refer to our download  on the “Apply Now” section.

If you’re struggling to complete the form, have any questions, or need support simply click on our need help button, pop in a few contact details, and one of recruitment team will be in touch.

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