Support at Home Worker

Job Description

West Dunbartonshire Children with Disabilities Service are looking to recruit the right person to join the team as an Autism Support at Home Support Worker. This is an exciting, interesting and developmental opportunity supporting West Dunbartonshire to further develop their multi-agency approach to neurodiversity.

The post holder will have a key role within the multi-agency neurodiversity diagnostic and support pathway, supporting children, young people and their families both pre and post diagnosis, and working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary diagnostic team.

We are looking for a candidate with a sound knowledge base and experience of working with children and young people who are neurodiverse, while also demonstrating additional practice experience supporting parents, carers and siblings in this context.

The successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate their ability to work within the principles of Getting It Right For Every Child, providing direct support to develop plans for children, young people and their families in partnership with health, education and social work colleagues.

Requirements

This post is considered as Regulated Work with Children & Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 and as such membership with the PVG scheme is essential. Further details of this scheme can be found here.

Preferred applicants will be required to become members of the relevant PVG scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.

Responsibilities

The employment for which you are applying is excepted from the provisions of section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applicants are, therefore, not statutorily entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action.

The Individual

The successful candidate will benefit from the following:

WDC was voted one of the top ten flexible employers and prides itself in providing flexible working to support work life balance. In addition to this there are also additional benefits:

• Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer’s contribution of at least 19.3% and all associated benefits
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave, increasing a day each year up to 35 days as well as 8 fixed public holidays each year
• Access to employee wellbeing supports including occupational health & counselling if ever you need help and support
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