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Location: Doucecroft School, Eight Ash Green, Colchester
Salary: £9.10 per hour
Hours: Full Time, up to 40 hours per week, flexible to include evenings and weekends
Job ref: D213
Closing date: 20th December 2020
As a member of the residential staff at Doucecroft School, you will need to be flexible, positive, energetic and an enthusiastic individual, who works well as part of a team. Your main duties will include:
· Supporting young people with autism whilst encouraging and developing their individual life skills. This includes supporting young people with their personal care.
· To provide a high quality of care and contribute to the smooth day to day running of the residential house
· Ensuring safety and well-being and the quality of support given meets and identified the needs of the individual young person.
Experience:
- Experience and knowledge of working in child care, or residential care
- Experience with emotional and physically challenging situations and behaviours
- Good communication skills.
Benefits:
- Pension scheme
- Death in Service Benefit
- Access to Perkbox incentives including exclusive High Street, entertainment, restaurant and supermarket discounts
- Refer a friend scheme
Autism Anglia's Doucecroft School provides education and care for children and young people with autistic spectrum condition. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a well-established charity who provide to their staff ongoing training and supervision, continuing professional development and support as well as an extensive induction on commencement of employment.
Autism Anglia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check as well as requiring a signed declaration, `Childcare Disqualification Declaration Form`
In the first instance please send your CV torecruitment@autism-anglia.org.uk or if you would like further information please call Head Office on 01206 577678.
If no response is received within 3 weeks of applying, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. You are welcome to apply again for other positions
Information about the School
Doucecroft School is a specialist co-educational school for children and young people with autism and additional complex needs, age 3 –19 years. Established in 1977, we are experienced and successful in meeting the needs of students with wide-ranging strengths and needs, providing a nurturing environment where students are able to thrive and grow in independence and self-esteem.
Students can benefit from our flexible boarding provision or can attend school as day students and come from across the Anglia region and the London boroughs.
Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy are provided on-site by our experienced therapy team.
Doucecroft School is part of Autism Anglia, a regional charity working with children, adults and families affected by Autism.