Autism Support Worker

Are you an experienced autism practitioner?

Can you help someone live their life to the fullest?

If the answer is yes, then we need you!

Support worker roles available in Fife supporting one adolescent service user in their own tenancy. Salary is £30,200 pro rate. You will be joining an established team of Randstad workers who have made a real difference in the life of the service user over the past year. You will be working on a 2-on-2-off pattern and must be able to complete sleepovers.

This package can be challenging but also very rewarding. The service user is very likable and sociable, with the right support huge improvements to his quality of life continue to be made.

What can Randstad offer a successful autism practitioner?

- Competitive rates

- Employee discount scheme

- Unlimited friend referral bonuses

- Immediate start

- Free parking at the service

- Extensive training in industry standard courses supported by online learning

- Help with SSSC registration

- Support from within the team and a dedicated Randstad consultant

- Excellent career progression opportunities

- Excellent experience in a unique package that looks great on a future CV

A successful autism practitioner will be responsible for:

- Working effectively as part of a team

- Providing 24 hours care to a vulnerable young person

- Supporting service user in their own home

- Taking service user out into the community

- Maintaining professional manner and working to National Care Standards

- Working to a flexible schedule, including nightshifts, weekends and bank holidays

To be successful in your application, you will:

- Have previous experience working in a residential setting with young people

- Be able to set and stick to clear boundaries to manage challenging behaviour

- Have strong communication skills

- Register under the PVG scheme

- Full driving licence

- Obtained, or working towards SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care, or equivalent desirable

If this sounds like the position for you, don't delay!

Apply now and one of our team will call you for an informal chat to take your application to the next stage. Alternatively, if you would like some more information give Rebecca Prentice a call on [phone removed] for a confidential chat or email

Not the role for you?

We are always looking for talented residential support workers across Scotland, email

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

experience

Adults -Learning Disabilities

skills

be able to manage challenging situations,be person centred,empathy,handling medication