Children's Support Worker - Durham, United Kingdom - Include 'In' Autism

Include 'In' Autism
Include 'In' Autism
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Durham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description
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CHILDREN'S OUTREACH SUPPORT WORKER REQUIRED PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU ARE COMMITTED TO ATTEND AN INTERVIEW.**_


This position requires a minimum of 4 staff to assist with an individual who is autistic and has a learning disability and also presents with
extreme violent challenging behaviour.

You will be trained to be able to fulfil your role.
In this role you will be supporting people who are autistic, have a learning disability and violent challenging behaviour.


Purpose


The main purpose of your job is to support people to be as involved as possible in every part of their day to day lives, so that they can be full and active members of society.

Keep the needs of the people you are supporting at the centre of your attention at all times.

Enable the people you support to influence their services and the way they are supported.

Help Include 'In' Autism to provide a high quality service.


Key Responsibilities
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1. Keep the needs of the people you are supporting at the centre of your attention at all times.


This means supporting people to:
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Be heard and responded to, using communication they understand.

Take part in enjoyable, satisfying and purposeful activities.

Make sense of their environments and access their communities.

Learn new skills.

Maintain and improve their health and well-being.

Receive help with their personal care if they need this.

Assist with their behaviour, if they need this.

Have person centred plans and guidelines that enhance their lives.

Take account of people's age, gender, ethnic origin, religious/cultural background, abilities/disabilities and sexual/personal needs.
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2 Enable the people you support to influence their services and the way they are supported


This means:
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Listening to what people tell you about what is important to them.


Using this information to contribute to developing person-centred guidelines and plans, involving families, friends and other professionals if this is appropriate.

Providing opportunities for people to make choices and decisions.

Enabling people to take part in the running of their own homes, if you work in a home environment.

Helping people to speak up for themselves and/or speaking up for them.

Supporting people to keep in contact with family and friends and to develop their social networks.
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3.

Help Include 'In' Autism to provide a high quality service by:
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Keeping all records of your work up to date and accurate.

Completing IIA's induction and skills development programme and attending courses and doing eLearning as required for your role.

Taking an active part in supervision and taking responsibility for setting, agreeing and monitoring your own objectives.

Attending and contributing to meetings as required.


Behaving respectfully all the time to the people you support, their families/friends, your colleagues, and neighbours and members of the public.


Taking a co-ordinating role during shifts and helping new colleagues to get to know the people they are supporting and how to work in the service.

Keeping up to date with Include 'In' Autism's policies and practices and following these at all times.


Keeping a safe, healthy and supportive environment for the people you support, yourself, your colleagues and anyone else coming into contact with Include 'In' Autism staff and colleagues.


You may also be expected to carry out other duties that are in line with the nature and grade of the role and this will include working evenings and weekends.


Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Zero hours contract


Salary:
£14.00 per hour


Benefits:


  • Company pension

Schedule:

  • 10 hour shift
  • 12 hour shift
  • 8 hour shift
  • Holidays
  • Overtime

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Newton Aycliffe, Durham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

  • Are you available to work evenings and weekends

Language:


  • Fluent English and Polish (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Shift availability:

  • Day shift (required)
  • Night shift (required)

Work Location:
On the road
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