Support Worker (known internally as Enablement Associate)

Support Worker (known internally as Enablement Associate)

Rate of Pay: £13.84

Location: Wargrave, Berkshire

Shift Patterns: 30 hours days/wake nights

Contract: Permanent

**Driver required due to location of service**

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced support worker with a background in working with people who have a learning disability, autism or experience in supporting people with behaviours that challenge. *Tom is a 58-year-old man living in his own house in Wargrave. Tom has autism and learning disabilities which means that he sometimes finds it difficult to communicate to others what he wants and needs. This can cause Tom to become anxious and at these times he needs people around him who will reassure him and make him feel safe. Tom would like his team members to be confident around him but with a calm approach.

Tom would like someone who will sing to him (it doesn't have to be well!), support him on long walks in the fresh air and people who will give him a hug if he asks for one. Tom really enjoys listening to classical music, baking cakes and biscuits, and loves watching David Attenborough documentaries. Tom needs his team to enable and empower him in different areas in his life, from encouraging and supporting him to make a sandwich to supporting him to develop skills in his personal care and maintaining a healthy and balanced diet. If you think that you could support Tom to have the life he wants, please let us know!

Why work for us?

• Be listened to and have your direct experience and expertise valued
• Have support from an experienced management and clinical team
• Be celebrated for accomplishing goals with the individual you support
• Have training opportunities that enhance your career development

Benefits include: 29 days annual leave (pro rata), rising to 30 days annual leave (pro rata) as of the 1st April, following your 1-year anniversary with PBS4., in-house paid induction training, followed by 12 weeks blended e-learning, coaching, and mentoring. Additional training opportunities following probation, DBS check payment, Legal & General company pension, employee recognition scheme, earned wage access, and access to various other benefits through our enhanced Employee Assistance Programme. Refer a friend and receive £300.00 for every successful person you refer.

About Pbs4

PBS4 is a values led social care organisation, providing Neurodisability Services to individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism and/or behaviours that may challenge. We support people living in their own homes, with their own tenancies, and we utilise Positive Behaviour Support as the framework for the support we provide.

We are a medium-sized organisation supporting people across Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire, Somerset, and Oxfordshire and with a workforce of around 350 employees.

The people we support overcome huge challenges every day to achieve exciting things. Some may be big, some may be smaller, but we are committed to celebrating all of these! We are committed to leading by example in how 21st Century clinical support for people with learning disabilities should look. We aim to raise the bar of Positive Behaviour Support in social care!

Be The Change!

People with learning disabilities should have the same right to an ordinary life as anyone else. They need support from people like you to help them achieve this. If you are passionate about helping people to achieve the life they deserve and thrive of seeing others succeed, then a career with PBS4 is the career for you. We value experience in supporting others, but we warmly welcome people without experience who share our values.

We want to create new ways of working, led by passion and drive for doing what is right, and promote innovation from our teams. Join us on our mission to disrupt social care!

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