Female Sensory Support Worker

6 months ago

Southwark, United Kingdom Sense Employees Full time

**Looking for a new challenge?**:
Sense has some fantastic opportunities for a **Sensory Support Worker (Communicator Guide) to join our community service**, this role in particular will be in the **Southwark.**

Offering you** £13.33 per hour** (Inclusive of Inner London allowance)**:

- This role is working weekdays, Monday to Fridays.**

The Communicator Guide service supports adults and older people who have developed hearing and sight loss - known as acquired deafblindness. A communicator guide offers 1:1 support in people homes and in the community. We support individuals to do things they want to, not to do things for them.

You will be working in the London Borough of Southwark area, in the community supporting 1 individual who would like support to access the community for 2x 5 hour sessions per week. They would like to support to do a variety of different activities such as attending a group baking class, traveling on public transport, going for walks. They also enjoy activities like bowling and likes to keep active by going swimming at the local hydrotherapy pool.

**We’re looking for enthusiastic applicants who**:

- A level of energy that will complement our team and the individuals we support.
- Portray a polite and friendly manner
- Committed to our values, respect, choice, dignity and listening/ understanding.
- A good team member and ability to use own initiative.
- Positive, with a can-do attitude.
- Caring and empathetic.
- Passionate about enhancing other people’s lives.
- Willing to attend training as needed to support you in your role.
- Have previous experience as a lone worker or working with individuals with sensory loss and/or learning disabilities
- Have a basic understanding of BSL or Makaton

**No two days will be the same**:
Here at Sense, we support people with complex disabilities to live the life they choose. Your priority will be empowering the people you support to live an independent life.

**More about this role**:
We do not provide support with personal care or administration of medication. Communicator Guides can support people by - enabling someone to travel to the supermarket to do their weekly shopping, tend to their mail and support them set up medical appointments, accompanying them to hospital appointments as well as supporting individuals to develop and maintain friendships and participate in leisure activities. The service also focuses on improving people’s wellbeing by listening to their future goals, aspirations and supporting people to explore their potential. The Important thing is that it’s the person chooses how to use the support they receive.

Everyone we support is an individual, so their care is as unique as they are. You can see a more detailed description of duties in the job description attached at the bottom of this advert.

**Why work for Sense?**:
Sense is a national disability charity supporting everyone who is deafblind or has complex disabilities. We believe everyone should be able to take part in life, no matter their disability.

Our work empowers thousands of people who are deafblind or have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfill their potential.

Work at Sense can be demanding and so isn’t for everyone, but it is also incredibly rewarding and valuable.

**Benefits**:

- 24 days of annual leave.
- Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
- Free life assurance policy.
- Cashback and discounts on high street brands (and 10% off at Sense charity shops).
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Travel season ticket loans.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- Headspace app****:

- Free DBS check if your role needs one.
- A £350 refer-a-friend scheme.
- Free access to over 100 online and face-to-face training courses, including the care certificate.
- Ongoing development opportunities

**Ready to make a difference?**:
**To apply**

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.

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