College Day Support Worker - Mercury College

Hesley Group; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational organisation in Doncaster is seeking a dedicated Day Support Worker to assist students with severe learning difficulties. You will provide tailored support and ensure effective communication with colleagues and families. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a passion for education, alongside desirable experience with Makaton and PECS. This role offers a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Continuous support and feedback

Ongoing free training days

Regular promotion opportunities

Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme

Cycle to work Scheme

Access to retail discounts

Refer a friend scheme

Free parking

Qualifications

• Ability to support students with severe and complex learning difficulties.
• Experience working with individuals with special needs.
• Ability to supervise and support students in classrooms and off site.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual support to learners and small groups.
• Ensure timely recording of progress and achievements.
• Communicate effectively with parents and carers.

Skills

Communication skills

Experience with Makaton

Experience with PECS

Health and fitness interest

Job description

About The Role

The role of the day support worker is to provide support for students with severe and complex learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LDD), and to work with tutors to ensure the delivery of an effective programme of further education and to work as part of a co-ordination team. As a day support worker you will provide individual and bespoke support to individual learners or small groups as required. You will provide written and verbal feedback in respect of progress and achievement during the day using IPlanit, or other standardised means of recording.

It will be the role of a day support worker to ensure all recording is completed at the end of the day to guarantee timely and effective action as well as communicating effectively with parents and/or carers as required and set up communication books if required.

Salary and terms and conditions as per support worker, except:

• Working hours Monday-Friday 8am-4pm
• The post is term time only with 12 weeks’ holiday during the academic year.
• Line management provided by college education team.

About You

You must be active with a keen interest in health and fitness, confident to support in the water to attend swimming sessions.

Proactive, forward thinking with a passion for education to support student’s to achieve their targets.

Excellent communication skills, experience with Makaton and PECS is desirable.

You will be able to understand and relate to students with special needs and who need careful and detailed support to access learning. You will need to have the ability to supervise and support students in classrooms and off site.

As a strong team player and excellent communicator you will work alongside education colleagues, care colleagues and clinicians to help us provide the highest standards of care and education across the College.

For an informal conversation about this role please contact Laura Taylor on [e-mail]

*Unfortunately this post does not qualify for visa sponsorship so we are unable to consider candidates currently on or seeking sponsorship*

About Us

Benefits of working for us:

• Continuous support and feedback through 1:1 supervision
• Ongoing free mandatory and development training days
• Regular promotion opportunities
• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Access to various discounts at a range of different retailers
• Refer a friend scheme – earn a referral bonus for recommending successful new starters with us
• Free parking

Hesley Group are proud to be a Living Wage Employer, ensuring every one of our colleagues is paid at least the real living wage, reflecting the true cost of living. It’s our commitment to fairness, a recognition of skill and a heartfelt thank you to the incredible people who make what we do possible.

Diversity, equality and inclusion are a priority for us. We aim for all our colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're building an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, age, socioeconomic status, family or parental status, beliefs and religions. We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to support and offer the best possible care, education and vocational opportunities for young people and adults with learning disabilities.