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Support Worker - Young adults

Job Posted: a day ago

Salary: £ 25,792 - 28,059 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Meldreth, Cambridgeshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Support Worker

Location: Meldreth, Nr Royston, Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border
Salary: £12.87 - £14.03 per hour (linked to competency and qualifications)
Hours: 40 hours per week (part-time hours available, minimum 24hrs per week)
Training: Full training provided and once passed probation we will support and fund studying the Level 3 diploma in Health and Social Care
Driving license and own car needed
UNFORTUNATELY SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLEHave you got a passion for helping and empowering others? Are you wanting a career with progression and great benefits whilst making a difference?

School Staffing Solutions are recruiting for compassionate and dedicated people to become Support Workers to support young adults with severe and profound learning difficulties and complex health needs.

This unique setting offers a supportive living and learning environment for young adults with severe and profound learning difficulties and complex health needs. With specialist facilities and a focus on promoting independence, we support each of our young people through the transition from education into adulthood.

The Role:

As a support worker you will be highly involved in personal care, this is supporting our young people with all aspects of personal hygiene including toileting, dressing and maintain their personal appearance.

As well as supporting with their medical needs you will also get involved in helping with the young adults therapies such as rebound therapy or hydrotherapy in our newly renovated pool. We also have sensory gardens, a skills centre, forestry school and rooms dedicated to art, music and much more.

Independence is prompted wherever is possible, the adults will often run their own days with what they like to do, so you could be helping make things in the sites enterprise scheme, going on shopping trips, taking part in forestry lessons or even going to the pub!!

We are looking for candidates to demonstrate:

Willingness to learn and to go the extra mile
Ability to guide and encourage supportive independence when possible
Exceptional communication skills and patience
Resilient with a robust and positive nature
Ability to be creative in meeting the needs of the young adults.
Ability to work on a rota pattern which will include working every other weekendIt is a tough yet totally rewarding role. Ultimately, we are looking for people with a passion to build relationships and positively change the lives of the young adults that the school supports.

What's on offer:

Full training given and continued support
Opportunity to study for Level 3 diploma in Health and Social Care which will be funded by us!
Part time hours available if required
33 days' holiday including bank holidays
Life assurance
Enhanced pension scheme
Perkbox - access to shopping discounts
Car lease scheme
Bike to work schemeIf this is a role for you then please get in touch for an application form and to discuss the recruitment process on (url removed) or call (phone number removed). 

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

School Staffing Solutions are acting as an employment business for this vacancy

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