Support Worker - Autism Specialist

Training

We don’t expect you to know everything when you join Gray Healthcare! We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training (company induction, systems, meds etc.) followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint-dominant approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. This could be PBS, epilepsy, ligature etc. and finally, you’ll complete shadow shifts.

Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.

Hours

We are looking for people to work 3 x 12-hour shifts - 9am to 9pm and be on the back-up rota.

About you

• We are looking for people who have worked in social care previously, ideally with autism experience.
• You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. We are unable to offer sponsorship.

Recruitment Process

• Telephone interview with specialist recruiter to go through the role in more detail and find out more about you and why you have applied.

• TEAMS interview with Community Support Manager

• Compliance & Background checks including employment references, Right To Work checks and Enhanced DBS.

Gray Healthcare is the UK's leading specialist provider of individually tailored community-based support. Here at Gray Healthcare we believe that no person should remain in an acute or long stay hospital environment for a day longer than is necessary. We do not discriminate with risk history; we work beyond the label and prioritise the individual and their right to live in the community.

We are a company passionate about delivering truly person-centred support and we are guided by our values in all that we do. Have a look at our website to understand our values, see the benefits that we offer and spend a few minutes watching our staff talk about working for Gray Healthcare: https://www.grayhealthcare.com/work-with-us/

We are looking for MALE Support Workers from the Redditch or Bromsgrove area to work in Redditch to support a young man with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.

The person that we support lives in his own property. He being outdoors for walks and spending time with his family who he is very close to.

You must have experience of providing support to a person with complex needs and autism, behaviours that may be perceived as challenging within the UK as well as experience of understanding and implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.

Gray Healthcare are different to most care providers in that that we are clinically led. That means that there is a team of clinicians including nurses, occupational therapists and Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) specialists involved in developing the care and approach for each person that we support. This provides more direction to the Support teams; it is an inclusive approach that is proven to work to improve the lives and outcomes of the people that we support.