National Autistic Society job reviews

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• Best thing

  Still thinking.

  Worst thing

  Pay, lack of support.

  1.5

  National Autistic Society Support worker, June 2023

• Best thing

  Working with really interesting characters, helping to support people in their day to day lives and making small but important differences in people’s lives

  Worst thing

  We don’t get breaks, at all. You can go for a cigarette if you smoke but non-smokers get no breaks. And smokers have to go off site to smoke - standing on street corners which is visible to visitors and embarrassing. If you work a 16 hour day you do that with no breaks. The contracted hours I work are not including sleep-ins which are 9 hours for £50 in an uncomfortable bed. I often do a late-sleep in-early which is only technically 16 hours but is actually 25 hours at work. Management on site are supportive but anyone above them treat staff like shit on their shoe and poke holes in everything we do. The NAS pride themselves on hiring autistic people but provide very little support for these individuals, leaving the already overworked and understaffed team to do this. I have seen multiple occurrences of this happening and ultimately individuals leaving feeling they are not capable of doing the job which knocks their confidence, it’s not that they aren’t able it’s that they aren’t met with the right level of support. I’ve seen (and experienced) staff being alienated for whistleblowing. I’ve heard management from off-site saying “remember it’s only a job” despite the fact these are peoples lives. In the NAS, shit floats… meaning the worse of a person you are and the less you care, the higher you climb. We ask for specific useful training and aren’t given it but are hounded to complete other training which doesn’t relate to our roles. If HR want you to do something you’re sent countless emails but if it’s the other way round you barely get a response. The problems with the NAS are not on the ground, they’re up above

  5.0

  National Autistic Society Support worker, May 2023

• Best thing

  Rewarding, team, good management.

  Worst thing

  Can be very stressful, pay, communication

  7.5

  National Autistic Society Support worker, January 2023

• Best thing

  Not very stressful and I fined the job straight forward at times

  Worst thing

  Very understaffed so staff are working hard all the time and often switched between care which can be stress full for some people

  8.6

  National Autistic Society Senior support worker, July 2022

• Best thing

  The people I support

  Worst thing

  Money, lack of empathy from management, lack of staff, lack of understanding

  8.5

  National Autistic Society Support worker, May 2022

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• Best thing

  The people i support

  Worst thing

  Management

  3.3

  National Autistic Society Senior support worker, March 2022

• Best thing

  Managing my own shifts

  Worst thing

  Working evenings and weekends

  3.4

  National Autistic Society Support worker, March 2022

• Best thing

  • Rewarding
  • Meet fantastic people

  Worst thing

  • Pay
  • Hours
  • Lack of care for staff

  2.4

  National Autistic Society Support worker, December 2021

• Best thing

  Feeling you made a difference in someone's life

  Worst thing

  The hours are very long

  7.0

  National Autistic Society Support worker, August 2021

• Best thing

  Caring for the people

  Worst thing

  The money

  6.0

  National Autistic Society Senior support worker, July 2021

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• Best thing

  The person I support

  Worst thing

  Management and other staff

  3.5

  National Autistic Society Support worker, July 2021

• Best thing

  Working with my immediate team

  Worst thing

  Management

  6.2

  National Autistic Society Support worker, April 2021

• Best thing

  My immediate team

  Worst thing

  24.5 hour shifts with no breaks

  8.0

  National Autistic Society Support worker, February 2021

• Best thing

  Working with the children

  Worst thing

  Far far too much paperwork
  Unrealistic deadlines
  Being told off for asking for more time to complete tasks

  4.1

  National Autistic Society Teacher, February 2021

• Best thing

  The people I care for and my good staff team

  Worst thing

  Poor pay , not enough recognition from CEO or powers above .
  No bonuses / incentives

  7.6

  National Autistic Society Day Centre Deputy Manger, February 2021