Support worker- intervenor

Sense; Exeter; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 14,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays

Pension

Life cover

Discounts

Cycle to work

Travel season ticket loans

DBS check

Training access

Wellbeing app

Job summary

Sense is seeking an Intervenor in Exeter who will provide one-to-one support to adults who are congenitally deafblind, deaf or blind, promoting independence and facilitating communication with the world around them.

You’ll mainly work in the community, clients’ homes, a community centre, or vocational settings; a UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle with business insurance are essential, with mileage reimbursed.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to promote independence and support people to access communities.
• Comfortable with lone working and taking initiative within a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support tailored to each person's needs.
• Help people access communities and participate in activities.
• Encourage independence and help develop social networks.
• Advocate for individuals and contribute to person-centred plans.

Skills

Communication

Independent living support

Lone working

Teamwork

Sign language

Job description

Are you looking for a role where you can make a real and lasting difference?

At Sense, we don't just provide care, we champion independence, and we're looking for an Intervenor to join our South West Intervenor Service in Exeter, Devon, offering £14.35 per hour. The role is permanent at 17 hours per week, across two weekdays and one evening.

As an Intervenor, you'll provide one-to-one support toadults who are congenitally deafblind,deaf and/or blind; acting as an enabler, promoting independence, and facilitating communication with the world around them. You'll work across a range of settings includingbeing mainly basedin the community,peoples' own homes, a community centreor vocational environments.

A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle with business insurance applied are essential for this role (mileage reimbursed).

In this role, you'll be:

• Providing one-to-one support tailored to each person's needs
• Supporting people to access their communities and take part in activities
• Encouraging independence and helping people to develop their social networks
• Advocating for the people you support and contributing to their person-centred plans

The role may also involve elements of personal care and supporting people through behaviours that can sometimes challenge, so a calm, patient, and resilient approach is important.

To be successful in this role, you'll need to:

• Be warm, reliable, and consistent
• Be comfortable working across a variety of settings and with different people, and available across the required shift pattern
• Be confident in using your initiative for lone working and work well as part of a team
• Have good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Be willing to complete Sense's Intervenor training within your first six months
• If not known, be willing to work towards becoming confident in British Sign Language Level 1+

If you’re looking for a role that’s active, meaningful, and full of heart; we’d love to welcome you to the team.

• 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
• Free life assurance
• Cashback and discounts on high street brands (including 10% off Sense shops)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Travel season ticket loans
• Free DBS check (if required)
• Access to 100+ online and face-to-face training courses (including the Care Certificate)
• Free access to the Wisdom wellbeing app

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 here Our 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/