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Early Help - Autism Worker

Job details
Posting date: 02 July 2025
Salary: £25,492 to £29,726 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 09 July 2025
Location: Nechells, Birmingham
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Barnardo's
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 20637

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Summary

The overall purpose of Early Help Autism service is to support autistic children (or in the process of an autism assessment being undertaken) and their parent/carer.

The service aims to enable families and autistic young people to better understand the diagnosis and develop strategies to manage behaviour. All services are developed in partnership with parent, carer and the children themselves.

The post holder will work under supervision to provide short-term home-based autism programmes to children with an autism diagnosis or undergoing an assessment for autism, their parents/carers/siblings, in order to enhance carer's skills and abilities and thus improve family functioning.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Fixed location: The Corner, 40 Rupert Street, Nechells, Birmingham B7 4PS.

We currently have one vacancy for Ladywood district.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

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