Outreach Support Worker Apprentice

About the role

🌟 Join Our Team: Autism Support Worker 🌟

Are you ready to make a real difference? Leeds Autism Services is looking for passionate individuals to provide top-notch support to amazing people. You'll work within guidelines, always aiming to create the best experiences for our service users. ✨

What You'll Be Doing:

• Championing the well-being and growth of our service users by providing exceptional care. 💖
• Focusing on their spiritual, physical, cultural, social, educational, and recreational needs, all tailored to their individual plans. 📝
• Leading inclusive, person-centred care planning that empowers individuals. 🚀
• Helping service users plan their own support, set goals, and smash them! 🎯
• Offering non-judgemental support based on Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) principles. 👍
• Connecting service users with activities that help them reach their goals. 🏃‍♀️
• Facilitating communication using their preferred methods. 🗣️
• Assisting service users in documenting their achievements and aspirations in ways that work for them. 🏆
• Championing personal liberty, choice, inclusion, and decision-making within legal frameworks. ⚖️
• Accurately completing essential records, including health and safety, service user details, and medication. 💊
• Ensuring the safe handling and storage of medication according to LAS policies. ✅
• Noticing and reporting any changes in physical, social, or emotional well-being to your manager. 🧐
• Maintaining professional boundaries at all times. 🤝

What We Need From You:

• Friendly, empathetic, and professional interactions with colleagues, service users, their families, friends, advocates, and other agencies. 😊
• A team player spirit, dedicated to supporting individuals with autism. 🤝
• Eagerness to participate in all training and development opportunities to boost your skills and practice. 🧠
• A proactive approach to supporting organisational policies and procedures, and reporting any concerns. 📣
• Strict adherence to legislation and company policies on confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding, equality, diversity, and inclusion. 💯
• Compliance with internal policies for handling company and service user finances. 💰
• Contributing to a clean, tidy, and hygienic environment for everyone. 🧼
• Promoting a positive image of people with autism and Leeds Autism Services at all times. ⭐
• Ensuring your conduct, both at work and outside, aligns with professional expectations. 🌟

Come join a team that's all about creating brighter futures! 🌈

Key responsibilities

• Ensure the welfare and development of all service users by providing the highest standards of care.
• Support service users to plan their support; identify and achieve personal goals and/or outcomes in accordance with agreed plans.
• Complete all appropriate recording formats including health and safety records, service user records, medication, etc.
• Work as part of a team dedicated to supporting the needs of people with autism.
• Maintain friendly, empathetic, and professional relationships with colleagues, service users, families, friends, advocates and other external agencies.