SEN Support Worker

Fulbridge Social Care; Stockport; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Fulbridge Social Care is looking for SEN Support Workers to join its team in Stockport. Successful candidates will provide support to young people in educational settings, helping them manage behaviours while ensuring a safe and interactive environment. Full training and qualifications will be provided, with potential progression to full-time roles for committed staff.

Qualifications

• Ability to build relationships with service users.
• Understanding of effective teamwork and health, safety, and welfare.
• Willingness to complete tasks reliably and punctually.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support to young people with challenging behaviour.
• Promote equality and maintain a safe environment.
• Attend training and meetings to ensure compliance with policies.

Skills

Effective communication skills with young people

Ability to form professional relationships

Understanding of young people's development

Willingness to participate in training

Reliability

Job description

Fulbridge Social Care is recruiting both experienced and non-experienced SEN Support Workers to join our casual team in educational settings. We are seeking flexible, reliable, and interactive individuals who want to work in a specialist environment where full training and qualifications are provided.

The position involves providing security, guidance, interaction, and support to young people with challenging behaviour and complex needs, aiming to create an environment that caters to their intellectual, spiritual, social, and emotional needs.

You will work with young people aged 11 to 18 who are in the care system for various reasons, with diverse disorders, behaviours, and needs. Candidates should have the confidence, patience, and skills to work successfully with these young people and positively impact their lives.

Please note that you will need to complete an enhanced DBS check with Fulbridge Social Care and successfully complete one of our induction programmes before placements are offered.

If interested, please send an updated CV, and our recruitment team will forward an application pack. Many casual team members are offered full-time positions within the first three months.

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Build strong professional relationships with service users and staff
2. Maintain a safe, clean, and enjoyable environment for young people and staff
3. Keep up to date with all communication and information systems
4. Attend and participate in meetings
5. Support young people in managing their behaviour using approved skills
6. Promote equality and acknowledge individual differences
7. Protect service users from abuse by staff, visitors, or other service users
8. Write accurate reports and maintain records for monitoring
9. Attend all training sessions and achieve relevant qualifications
10. Attend work reliably and punctually following a set shift pattern
11. Stay updated with procedures and policy changes
12. Ensure health and safety of yourself and others
13. Undertake additional duties relevant to the role

Person Specification:

• Ability to form professional relationships with young people
• Ability to read, understand, and write clear reports
• Effective communication skills with young people
• Willingness to participate in all activities and go where service users wish
• Reliability and high standards in completing tasks
• Willingness to participate in training and development
• Ability to follow work patterns and attend punctually
• Understanding of effective teamwork
• Awareness of health, safety, and welfare of young people
• Understanding of young people's development and learning
• Knowledge of equal opportunities and discrimination prevention