Support Worker

Support Worker (Residential/College – no personal care)
Location: Cranborne, Dorset 
Hourly Rate: £12.37-£13.49 per hour 
Annual Salary: £23,207.85 - £25,309.13 (depending on experience and qualifications)
Hours: 12 hour shifts, 8am-8pm- average 42 hours per week spread over 3-4 shifts per week (including every other weekend)
Contract: permanent, term time only

Teaching Personnel have an exciting opportunity to work at a large SEN College based in Cranborne. The College 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. 

Your role

• Following a handover from the night team; you'll support the 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 TA’s 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 parent 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.

Skills and Qualifications

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 in a positive manner 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 drivers licence is essential
• Given the age of our students all applicants must be 21 and over

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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