Solutions Social Care

Solutions Social Care Recruitment – Job Roles Available
Closing: January 31st (Deadline)

Are you looking for rewarding career opportunities? At Solutions Social Care we are looking for committed and passionate staff who would like the opportunity to act as support in the areas of autism, learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge, in order equip and empower our clients.

Solutions Social Care is a fully accredited autism and learning disability support provider.

There are many areas that you may fit our team, you can find our available roles on our website (linked below) as well as some details on our PBS and Opportunities Workers below.

https://solutionssocialcare.com/join-our-team/current-opportunities/

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Role

For This PBS Role we are looking for:
• At least one years’ experience of working with people with autism, complex and challenging behaviour and learning disabilities in a variety of settings.
• Experience of working 1:1 and using initiative and problem solving when faced with challenges.
• To have a calm and unflappable approach when dealing with challenging behaviour.
• As well as further skills and qualifications that can be found on our website.

The starting rate will be between £12.00 - £13.00 per hour per hour inclusive of holiday pay. For further information follow the link, this is a time sensitive role and the position may be removed before the deadline if reaching full capacity for applicants.

https://solutionssocialcare.com/join-our-team/current-opportunities/behaviour-support-worker/

Day-Opportunities/Support Worker Role
For This Opportunities Role we are looking for:
• Previous experience of working as a support worker at a college, day service, community outreach or residential setting.
• An ability to complete tasks in a timely fashion.
• An understanding of supporting clients with autism, learning disabilities and complex needs.
• As well as further skills and qualifications that can be found on our website.

The starting rate will be between £11.05 - £12.50 per hour per hour inclusive of holiday pay. For further information follow the link, this is a time sensitive role and the position may be removed before the deadline if reaching full capacity for applicants.

https://solutionssocialcare.com/join-our-team/current-opportunities/day-opportunities-worker/



Closing Applications (Deadline): 31st of January

Great post from on overlooked autistic traits

New research shows that autism diagnoses tend to be clustered within specific NHS service regions, suggesting that where an individual lives may influence whether they receive an autism diagnosis and access to special education needs support.

"There are clear inequalities in an individual’s likelihood of receiving an autism diagnosis, whether they are socioeconomic factors, ethnicity or even which NHS region or local authority someone lives in." - Carol Brayne

Anyone else feel this?

“Girl Meets World” Is Being Called Out For Treating Autism Like “A Terminal Disease” After A “Toxic” Clip Resurfaced On TikTok. Have you watched it, what do you think?

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A severely autistic boy of 10 has been without education for the last two-and-a half years amid what his mum claims is wrangle over transport to a special school.

She said she thought Salford city council had arranged the necessary transport to Kingfisher from the family home in Walkden. But with an excited Joshua waiting at home dressed in his new school uniform on the first day he was due to attend, the transport never arrived, said Allana.

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Great example of differences between someone who is a gestalt language processor vs. someone who is an analytic language processor via

Researchers have identified new gene variants that influence your risk of ADHD and autism.

In the group of neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD and autism have a number of things in common: They are two of the most frequent child psychiatric diagnoses; both are highly heritable; and, although the fundamental symptoms vary, autism and ADHD have a large overlap in their underlying genetic origins.

Researchers have now discovered five gene variants that are unique to only one of the two diagnoses, as well as seven genetic variants that are shared by both ADHD and autism.

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