Children's Community Support Worker

Looking for a new challenge?
Work with Sense and make a real difference to the lives of the people we support and their families.
You don’t need any previous experience to become a support worker with Sense. We’ll give you full training for our part time and full-time roles.
Sense is looking for Support Workers within our amazing new Children's Community Service the Get Out There Group (GOT Group) located in Salford offering you an hourly rate of £10.75
We have various contracts available working on a part time basis from 6-20 hours per week including Saturdays and flexible relief bank opportunities.
The ‘Get Out There’ Clubs provide support for children and young people who still live at home with their families. We work to promote communication skills, life skills, mobility, and access to the community. This will include assisting participation in various activities, supporting with personal care, promoting independence both at home and in the community, providing short periods of respite for families and carers.
As a GOT Support Worker, you will provide support alongside other support workers and/or volunteer-led activities for children and young people with complex needs, which may include sensory impairments, additional learning, and physical disabilities and/or autism. The day-to-day role will vary dependent on the needs of the individual, the nature of the sensory impairment and the ways they wish to communicate.
Activities include football, dance, gym visits, boxing, bowling, shopping, trips out to farms, soft play, fishing, dog walking and volunteering in charity shops with a young person. Our Saturday group also do things like pizza making, messy play, arts and crafts, music workshops, water play, sensory activities.

**We’re looking for enthusiastic applicants who are**:
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
Can support on weekdays, school holidays and Saturday mornings
Have a Valid UK driving license and use of your own vehicle is essential 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.
This role in GOT Salford might include supporting young people with:
Everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning
Taking part in fun activities
Personal care and hygiene
Going into the community for shopping or other trips
Their social life
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. Take a look at the video below to see why we do what we do. 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.
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 (such as our award winning Growing Stronger Leaders Together programme). 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.