Lunch Time Support Worker

We’re looking for reliable and motivated persons to join our professional team of Support Workers at our College Centre based in Loughborough working 16 hours a week between Monday to Friday, 11am-2pm, for 38 weeks of the year. The successful applicant will be supporting people with special education needs and disabilities over the lunch period within a specialist college.

The people we support are individuals and they are all treated as such. As a general guide, you may support with personal care needs, as well as help to take part in a wide range of special interests and activities that support their health and wellbeing. Does this sound right for you? 

The successful candidates duties can include: 

• To support students over the college lunch time period.
• To follow eating and drinking guidelines and individual care plans. 
• To promote independence, life skills and informed choices in accordance with individuals care plans
• Promoting and supporting people to take part in enjoyable, satisfying and purposeful activities. 

Full job specification is attached below.

Your required skills and experiences: 

• Caring/Support Worker experience in a personal/voluntary/professional capacity 
• Experience of working independently as well as in a team setting. 
• Ability to support people with mobility (e.g., assisting with walking, guiding or working with a person who is a wheelchair user). 
• Ability to accompany/participate in leisure activities of the person’s choice, for example collecting benefits, gym, swimming, accessing banks, attending groups, pubs, shopping, rally’s, day trips etc. 
   

Full person specification is attached below. 

Working at Sense gives you a wide range of benefits including: 

• 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Free DBS Check
• Free leadership and management development (such as our award winning Growing Stronger Leaders Together programme)
• Free access to over 100 online and face to face training including the care certificate.
• On-going development opportunities
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Employee referral scheme
• Health and well-being support
• Pension Scheme
• Discount scheme

About Sense

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

To apply

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly.  We would recommend that you read the  job description and person specification before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 415 6735 or recruitment@sense.org.uk

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/ 

Closing Date

30/10/2023

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