Location: Bromborough
Salary: up to £7.65 p.h
Hours Per Week: 35
Employment Type: Care Staff
Job title: CVS Support Worker – Social Enterprise
Hours: 35 per week
Location: Bromborough, Wirral
Salary: Starting salary 13,688 per annum - £13,961 per annum
Benefits:
- 25 days (5 weeks) plus 8 days statutory bank holiday entitlement
- One additional days holiday is awarded following completion of 5 years’ service and two additional days on completion of 10 years’ service
- Company Sick pay scheme, rising to 8 weeks full and 8 weeks half pay
- Attendance incentive scheme
- Access to a defined contribution pension scheme (NEST) with a contribution from the Society
- Instant access to the tax free child care voucher scheme operated in conjunction with Sodexo
- Twice yearly implementation to the tax free cycle to work scheme, The posts are Wirral based but you may be required to work at other locations within the organisation
- Comprehensive in house training programme and access to further qualifications
About Community & Vocational Services
Community and Vocational Services are about offering people with autism meaningful realistic and achievable training, on the job work experience and valuable life skills.
Autism Together provide fantastic opportunities for people with autism to develop essential work and life skills and reach their full potential
The Social Enterprise is a diverse area with different departments on various sites such as a coffee shop/retail shop, garden centre, landscaping team, woodwork department, reception area, work placements and manage the Port Sunlight River Park. Support staff will be expected to work within any of these areas.
Requirements of a CVS Support Worker
- Basic understanding of people with autism
- Ability to encourage and motivate others
- Commitment to person centred approaches
- High standard of care
Responsibilities of a CVS Support Worker
- To support service users to continually develop their social skills and promoting independence by participating in the following activities and practical skill based learning.
- Attend to the personal care of service users such as toileting (washing/bathing if required).
- Deal with various levels of behaviour (full training provided)
- Complete necessary paperwork/on line systems
