Support Worker

Description:

We are currently recruiting for a Support Worker working for a residential college No Personal Care to support young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who have additional social, emotional and mental health needs, by preparing them for adult life and facilitating their transition into further education, training, or employment.

(No experience need – we’ll fund all your training): 

 Would this be of interest at all?

Working part-time hours (36hrs per week), year-round
Dorset
Shifts: 12-hour shifts, 8 am-8 pm Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
An Immediate Start!
PAYING AN Hourly Rate: £11.72-£12.78 per hour (depending on experience and qualifications)

AND

Annual Salary: £21,939.84 - £23,924.16 (actual pro-rata), £24,377.60 - £26,582.40 (FTE salary)

You will be…

 Supporting our students with their morning routine, ensuring they are ready for their day in College. This will be with the use of verbal and visual prompting dependent on the need of the student.

Once at college, you’ll work alongside our Teachers and TAs and assist the students in staying concentrated and focused on their work; providing emotional support as required.

You’ll also provide a key liaison point for parents and carers and ensure all health/medical appointments are attended. 

After college, you’ll work with the students in preparation from dinner (again; prompting/motivating rather than doing); and in the evening you’ll join in with whatever activities the students want to do.

The key to this role will be your ability to participate and to motivate whilst ensuring our students develop their own independent living skills.

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate (No experience need – we’ll fund all your training): 

Willingness to participate, be positive and creative in meeting our young person’s needs 
Able to support and develop independence skills such as budgeting, shopping, cooking, housekeeping as well as accessing the wider community and using public transport.
Ability to prompt/encourage positively whilst providing social/emotional behavioural support
Ability to show a strong understanding of what “good care” looks like and how to put the young person’s needs first, whilst empowering them to be independent
Due to our rural location access to transport and a driver's licence is essential
Given the age of our students, all applicants must be 21 and over
What's on offer: 

Full training with the opportunity to study the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (funded by us!) 
Free lunch
Perk box subscription
Life assurance and pension 
Health cashback plan 
Car lease scheme 
Bike to work scheme  
Free Parking  
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE A CLEAN DRIVING LICENCE!

If you are interested in this role, please call Martin or Pri on (phone number removed) or email your CV to or (url removed) to update us with your current availability – please note that all candidates will require a DBS disclosure to be considered for this vacancy.

We anticipate this will be a popular position, so please do not hesitate to register your interest