Independent Living Support Worker

Eteach; Bristol; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Bristol College is seeking an Independent Living Support Worker to assist students with disabilities in their journey towards independent living. This role involves collaboration with teaching staff and providing a supportive environment for students to thrive. Benefits include generous leave, pension contributions, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Two-week paid Christmas shut down

Paid Volunteering leave (3 days a year)

Family friendly policies including paid fertility support

Access to shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working with students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
• Confident communicator able to build relationships.
• Ability to promote independent living skills.

Responsibilities

• Support students in achieving 'Preparing for Adulthood' outcomes.
• Facilitate a positive experience for students.
• Engage in sleep-in shifts to assist students overnight.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Adaptability

Problem Solving

Education

Experience in residential support

Job description

Contract: Permanent Term Time Only (38 weeks)

Vacancy 1: 21 hours (Sun 16:00 -22:00, Monday 14:00 -22:00, Wednesday 06:30 - 14:30) -Ashley Down

Vacancy 2: 15 hours (Monday 15:00 -23:00, Thursday 06:30 -14:30) - Ashley Down

Vacancy 3: 28.5 hours (Sunday 16:00 -22:00, Wednesday 14:00 -22:00, Thursday 14:00 - 22;00, Friday 06:30-14:30) - Brislington

The above shift patterns can be discussed at interview

At City of Bristol College, we deliver transformative education in inclusive and dynamic learning environments and for our employees, this is no different so why not come and join us? With recent investments in our already outstanding facilities, the College has a great deal on offer for you.

One of our key strategic aims is our unrelenting focus on our people-first culture, ensuring you feel valued, empowered, and recognised for your individual contributions and expertise whether that be in a teaching capacity or a professional services team. All colleagues within the College contribute to the success of our students and we actively work to eliminate any barriers at work, ensuring you have the opportunity to thrive.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive Independent living support worker to join our college community.

What we offer:

Our people-first ethos provides a highly supportive, flexible approach to enable you to excel within your role and to reach your full potential. In return, you can expect the following:

Two-week paid Christmas close down and additional paid time off over Easter on top of a generous holiday entitlement of 26 holiday days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time roles).

Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 18.0 %

Paid Volunteering leave (3 days a year)

Family friendly policies including paid fertility and foster friendly policy

A menopause policy outlining support available

A person-centred annual appraisal focusing on your wellbeing and CPD

Access to a benefits portal including shopping discounts and cycle to work scheme plus lots more!

The 'Right to Disconnect' from work outside of your normal working hours

A supportive, highly utilised hybrid and flexible working policy

An Aspiring Leaders programme open to all plus our Management Academy for all management roles covering management skill and internal processes

Welfare Rooms at all our sites for professional breakout and relaxation spaces

A bespoke programme of recognition, reward and celebration for colleagues throughout the year to recognise your hard work.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to join us. As a disability confident employer, we take a trauma informed approach to our work, support the Care Leavers covenant, and have been awarded accreditation as a College of Sanctuary for refugees.

You can have a look here at our Staff Benefits Booklet for even more.

About your role:

Our Independence Training Facilities train students with learning difficulties and disabilities who are attending College study programmes to live independent lives. You will be bringing your residential experience to this role, working closely with the Colleges teaching and Additional Learning Support teams.

You will be a confident communicator with the ability to build and maintain excelling working relationships with colleagues, students and stakeholders both internally and externally.

As an Independent Living Support Worker you will work as part of a team to promote a positive experience and support students to work towards the “Preparing for Adulthood” outcomes;

Employability

Independent Living

Health

Community Inclusion

You will have the opportunity to carry out sleep-ins (22:00 – 06:30) which are paid in addition to your salary at the Real Living Wage. You will be automatically be enrolled into the centres sleep-in rota (1 sleep-in every 3 weeks). You can choose to opt out at any time by speaking to the Independence Training Facility Manager.

About us:

We have four main sites across the city with state-of-the-art facilities. Further future investment in our estates is now allowing us to provide the best possible outcomes for our students and local communities, delivered by our fantastic community of colleagues.

At City of Bristol College, we have one goal: to help our students succeed. We offer the widest range of academic and vocational qualifications in the area, with more than 1,000 courses available from entry to degree level and we provide education and training to approximately 10,000 students each year.

More information about the College can be found on our website.

City of Bristol College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The search of the online presence will be conducted for the successful candidates. All new employees to the College are required to complete and obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be found on the College website.

Please see our Job Description, Person Specification, Conditions of Service and Applicant Information for more information about the role and what it’s like to be part of our team.

We do not engage with recruitment agencies for this role. Any CVs received from agencies will be considered as unsolicited and the property of the City of Bristol College, with no obligation to pay agency fees.

Closing date: 30 June

Interview date: 08 July