Support worker

Sense; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Sense College Peterborough is looking for reliable and motivated Support Workers to join our team. This permanent, part-time role is 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9:15am–4:15pm, based near Peterborough.

You will work with learners with sensory impairments and disabilities, delivering person-centred support and developing learning plans. No previous experience or qualifications are required as full training will be given.

Qualifications

• No previous experience or qualifications needed for this post as full training will be given.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred support to learners with sensory impairments and disabilities.
• Support learners to develop learning plans and participate in learning activities.
• Assist with personal care and mobility as required in daily activities.
• Help learners engage with community activities to reduce isolation and promote inclusion.

Job description

We’re looking for reliable and motivated persons to join our professional team of Support Workers at our College Centre based near Peterborough. The successful applicant will work with people who have dual or single sensory impairment, learning disability, and associated physical disabilities. This role will be a permanent, part time position, 35 hours per week, working 5 days a week, Monday to Friday, 9.15am - 4.15pm.

The role involves providing a person centred approach to meet communication, information and mobility needs through the development of learning plans to reduce the isolation of people through community involvement and support in a range of activities.

As a Support Worker you will support people to be as involved as possible in every part of their day to day lives so that they can be full and active members of society. You will work closely with learners to achieve the long term goals identified in their Individual Learning Plans and or social care programmes . Supporting people with their personal care is a requirement of this role. No previous experience or qualifications needed for this post as full training will be given.

What we're looking for:

• A motivated person to join our College team delivering specialist education programmes to young adults.
• The successful applicants will work with young people who have dual or single sensory impairment, learning disability, and associated physical disabilities.
• No previous experience or qualifications needed for this post as full training will be given.

About our Sense College Peterborough:

We have a broad range of activities and encourage the people we support to get out into the community and take part in it! Some of the things we do include:

• Educational courses
• Vocational activities
• Work placements
• Lifeskills programmes
• Therapies including Hydro Therapy to name just a few.

We build a strong and mutually supportive relationship with families, carers. We are sensitive to the difficulties that some of our learners have with communication and mobility, and will continually strive to improve their lives and experiences.

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

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit:https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/