Casual Support Worker- Serives

The Kent Autistic Trust

Hours:

Casual, as and when required Working Pattern:
Monday
-Friday, 9:00am4:30pm

Location:

Woodville Day Service, Kent

MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY!

If you enjoy helping people and want to make a genuine difference in their lives, a Casual Support Worker role with The Kent Autistic Trust (KAT) could be perfect for you.

This flexible role is ideal if you are looking for work to fit around your existing commitments.

Join our KAT family and start making a difference today.

Woodville is a vibrant and busy day service supporting 15 autistic individuals. The service is based over two floors and includes dedicated one-to-one rooms for sessions such as aromatherapy, alongside a welcoming communal space where individuals and staff relax, socialise, and spend time together.

No two days are the same. Our individuals enjoy a wide range of activities including:

• Swimming and horse riding
• Cinema trips
• Public transport adventures exploring towns across Kent and occasionally London
• Coastal visits for ice creams and lunches out
• Drive a mobility car or service vehicle
• Working with individuals who can display challenging behaviours hurting self or others, running away, throwing things, swearing, shouting and damaging property
• Support individuals within the community in activities such as bike rides, long walks & shopping
• Administering medication
• Assisting individuals with personal care and hygiene
• Be confident & experienced in lone working
• Staff in CQC Registered and Supported Living services are required to undertake sleep‑in shifts and receive an allowance, topped up to NLW
• Household management tasks including cooking, cleaning etc.
• Uphold their privacy, confidentiality and dignity
• Handle money to shop, go to the bank etc.
• Working with and supporting individuals with additional needs, such as epilepsy, pica, learning disabilities
• To form good working relationships with other members of staff across different services
• Ensuring written records are correctly maintained

• Compassionate and person‑centred
• Positive and forward‑thinking
• Proactive and reliable
• A great communicator
• Happy to join in activities (bonus points if you enjoy a sing‑along)

If you're looking for flexible work in a supportive, energetic environment where you can genuinely impact people’s lives, we would love to hear from you.

• An ability to think on your feet and problem solve
• Understanding everyone's abilities and support needs
• Promoting independence and choice
• Promoting equality, diversity & inclusion
• Form good working relationships with other members of staff
• A commitment to continuous personal development and learning

The Kent Autistic Trust is dedicated to enabling autistic adults to have the best quality of life. We provide outstanding expertise and experience in supporting autistic individuals and offer a range of services, including living, vocational, educational, therapeutic, social, and occupational support. As a registered charity, we represent the needs of autistic people and their families, supporting over five thousand families throughout Kent.

We strive to achieve and maintain good and outstanding CQC ratings, 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!

• Paid DBS Check
• Some meals provided, depending on shifts
• 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
• Recruitment Incentive for Staff Introductions