Female community support worker

Sense; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 24 days + BH

Pension contributions

Life assurance

Discounts on high street

Cycle to work

Travel season ticket loans

DBS check

Wisdom App

Job summary

Sense is recruiting a Communicator Guide (Community Support Worker) to join our Harborne team on a permanent basis. The role is 17.5 hours per week with shifts on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and alternate Thursdays, supporting a young non-verbal person with autism to access the community.

You will help the young person engage in activities they enjoy, make friends, and make day-to-day choices about how to spend time. A full UK driving licence and business-insured vehicle are essential.

Qualifications

• Support work with people with learning difficulties
• Ability to engage non-verbal communicators using pictures, songs, or expressive body language

Responsibilities

• Support a young person with autism to access community activities
• Help the person participate in preferred activities and make new friends
• Accompany to local centres, parks, playgrounds, or leisure venues
• Assist with personal care as needed (toileting)

Job description

Could you be a Sense CommunitySupport Worker?

We now have a fantastic opportunity for a Communicator Guide (Community Support Worker) to join our team in Harborne.

This is a permanent role, working 17.5 hours per week where you will be working shifts on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and alternate Thursdays.

This is a fun and rewarding opportunity, working on a 2:1 basis to support a young person who has autism to access the community for social and leisure purposes. She is a non-verbal communicator and communicates using pictures, song and dance, or expressive body language.

You will be supporting the young person to participate in activities they enjoy, have meaningful experiences, and make new friends. You will support them to make their own choices of how they want to spend their day, but a typical day in this role might be spent: attending a local centre that provides activities for people with learning difficulties, arranging to meet a friend for a walk in the park and going to a trampoline park.

There is some support with personal care required (supporting the individual with toileting.)

A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle with business insurance is essential.

• 24 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
• Free life assurance policy.
• Cashback and discounts on high street brands (and 10% off at Sense charity shops!).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Travel season ticket loans.
• Free DBS check if your role needs one.
• Wisdom App- free access for all employees to mindfulness application.

About Sense

Sense is here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs. That's why we're committed to increasing the number of disabled people working across our organisation and creating an environment where everyone can thrive.

We actively encourage disabled people to apply for our vacancies and believe that a diverse range of perspectives, experiences and talents makes us stronger.

We know there's always more we can do to become a truly inclusive employer, and we're working together to achieve that. Join us and help create the change thousands of disabled people with complex needs and families told us they want to see: a world without limits.

If you need us to adjust our recruitment process to help you access our vacancies, then please get in touch with a member of the talent acquisition team. We are a Disability Confident Leader and commit to interviewing disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a role. More information on this can be found hereOur commitment as an employer | Sense Careers