College Support Worker

Salutem Care & Education; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution is seeking a Student Support Worker to provide care and support for students with long-term health conditions. This role involves working closely with students to assist in their academic and personal development within a nurturing environment that encourages growth and independence.

Benefits

FREE Online 24/7 GP Service

Wagestream – access to your earnings any day

Refer-a-Friend Scheme

Sovereign Health Care Plan

Pension scheme

Free DBS check

Qualifications

• Passion for supporting students with long-term health conditions.
• Ability to facilitate personal care with dignity.
• Effectively communicate and understand student needs.

Responsibilities

• Support students in classroom and community environments.
• Assist with personal care needs, fostering abilities and minimizing risks.
• Promote active participation in college activities.

Skills

Effective communication

Personal care support

Empathy

Teamwork

Job description

About The Company

Beaumont College supports special school leavers, including those with complex autism and social and emotional challenges.

Some of our students have excellent language skills, while others may communicate in different ways. All have learning difficulties. For individuals in this group, they may have developed strategies for communication over their lives that aren’t as helpful or easy to understand as they reach adulthood. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, our ethos and culture is to support our young people to develop strategies focusing on positive behaviours, reducing and ideally removing the need for our young people to deploy unhelpful strategies to communicate their needs, be heard, listened to, and understood.

You will work with identified students as part of a small team around the student, enabling and empowering them to prepare for fulfilling busy lives as young adults. Along the way, there will be fun, memories to make, and a significant journey of ups and downs. As they graduate, our young people demonstrate the progress they have made through their actions. And they have achieved this because they have been empowered by the staff who support them. Are you the next member of our amazing team?

About The Role

Job Overview

Do you have a passion and experience, or are you interested in supporting students with long-term health conditions? Our students love to come to College and enjoy learning. Working directly with students in and around sessions, you will provide the care and support they need and rely on to access their learning. Timetabled activities alongside life in a busy student community; no two days are the same.

The students you will support have long-term health conditions, and they may be reliant on you for personal care, which we provide with dignity and respect. As Special School Leavers, we are committed to enabling our students to be heard, listened to, and understood. In return, you will enjoy seeing the students you work with become adults and prepare for busy and fulfilling lives as graduates.

Graduation is a rite of passage, reminding us of how far each learner has progressed. There isn’t a dry eye in the house as we recall the journey our amazing young people take.

Job Details

As a student support worker, you will support students in classroom environments, assist in accessing the community, participate in activities to develop life skills, and help with personal care needs.

You will contribute to creating a nurturing environment where students can lead fulfilling lives, free from fear, and aligned with their needs and aspirations. You will support their personal growth by assisting with personal hygiene, maximizing comfort, fostering abilities, and minimizing risks.

You will promote and empower students to actively participate in college activities by providing support within college sessions and in the community at large.

Effective communication is the cornerstone of our approach. By truly understanding the needs of our students, team members, and the organisation, you will ensure seamless implementation of care plans.

About Us

At Salutem, we recognise the value and wisdom from all stages of life. Join our team to be part of a community that truly appreciates age diversity.

We are a Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplace, with recent recognition for excellence in communication and employee experience.

Our Competency Framework provides a transparent path for career progression, skills development, and pay bandings, so you always know what is needed to advance.

We have a core and cluster model, specialising in supporting children and young people with emotional and behavioural needs, autism spectrum condition, and physical/learning disabilities, with access to education at the core of our work.

Benefits

• FREE Online 24/7 GP Service for you and your family, with prescribing rights
• Wagestream – access to your earnings any day
• Refer-a-Friend Scheme – earn points and cash rewards

• Sovereign Health Care Plan
• Canada Life, Group Life Assurance
• Blue Light Card
• Blink, our internal communications app
• Pension scheme
• Free DBS check