Job Description

Support Worker A Role with a Difference Manual Driving Licence Required


You must be legally authorised to work in the UK. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship.


Join our friendly, expanding support team in Kent, supporting autistic adults with their day-to-day needs and a wide range of activities including theme parks, swimming, walking and shopping.


You will ideally be a manual driver, confident driving mobility vehicles and people carriers for the individuals we support. Excellent specialist training provided. Immediate interviews available.


Shift Pattern You will work on a 3-week rolling rota, so you can plan your life around your shifts!


Early shifts: 7:00am 4:00pm


Late shifts: 4:00pm 10:00pm


Long days: One per week, 7:00am 10:00pm


On average our starting salary for a support worker is 25,812 per year (based on a 35-hour week and including one sleep in per week at 60 per night). Just working an additional 6 hours per week, i.e., 41 hours, will allow you to earn 29,844 per year


Paid holiday allowance and career progression opportunities


Start making a real difference and join the KAT family today.


What We Offer


Competitive salary with overtime opportunities
Specialist training & development, including Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
28 days holiday plus the option to buy more
Pension, sick pay, staff discounts, employee assistance programme
Friendly, supportive team culture
Refer a friend scheme
Fully paid enhanced DBS


Key Requirements


Manual UK driving licence essential confident driving mobility vehicles/people carriers
Right to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship available)
Ability to confidently and consistently support individuals who may experience emotional distress, heightened anxiety, or difficulty regulating their behaviour
Clear, calm, and adaptable communication style to meet the needs of individuals with complex communication profiles


About the Trust:


Supporting over 80 people in Medway and across Kent, The Kent Autistic Trust provides a wide range of services designed to meet diverse needs of the people we support with autism, mental health issues, learning disabilities and related difficulties. We provide residential homes, supported living accommodation, day resource services, respite, and outreach services. Ensuring the voice of those we support is actively listened to, working for us often means that no two days are the same, but the care and support we give is of consistently high quality, with CQC rating all our services good, and many outstanding.


Benefits We Offer you as a Support Worker:


We offer many benefits, which include some salary sacrifice arrangements, although some benefits are dependent on a minimum earnings threshold:


Paid DBS Check
28 days holiday, plus option to buy 5 extra days pa (Pro Rata for Part Time Positions)
Company Sick Pay after 12 months service
Death in Service Benefits
Some meals provided, depending on shifts
Long Service and Contribution Recognition Awards
Pension (after 3 months)
Employee Assistance Programme, with counselling services
Significant Retail and Leisure Discount Scheme that could save staff an average of 1,000 pa
Discounted Gym Membership
Financial Well-being Scheme (loans and savings)
Additional Sleep In Shifts may be available
Opportunities to pick up additional voluntary casual shifts at enhanced rates
Superb paid training
Regulated Care Qualification Sponsorship
Recruitment Incentive for Staff Introductions


Our Values and Commitment:


KAT is committed to providing high quality supports designed around individual abilities, needs and choices.


KAT is committed to promoting independence and inclusion within communities.


KAT believes everyone is able to make their own individual contribution.


KAT seeks to work in partnership with all relevant parties but in particular with the individual themselves.


We seek Support Workers who really value every person, whether it's the people we support, their families, carers, or other staff by respecting their priorities, needs, abilities and limits.


We hope you are one of them!


We do not accept applications made via agencies for Support Workers.


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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found or experiencing a high volume of applications.