Day Time Support Worker

Freeman College, based in Sheffield City Centre is an independent specialist college and part of the Ruskin Mill Trust, educating young people aged 16-25 years old.

**Day Time Support Worker**

**40 hours per week, 37 weeks per year - TERM TIME only**

**Actual Salary for working 40 hours and 37 weeks per year the salary is £17,754 - £17,819**

**Once Qualified in L3 Health and Social Care there is a potential to earn up to £22,736 ((FTE) after further completion of relevant RMT courses and increased length of service**
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An opportunity has become available to join Freeman College, Ruskin Mill Trust, as part of the committed day time support team focusing on the holistic needs of the students.

This role can be both physically and emotionally demanding, and you must have the confidence and patience to deal with and manage the challenging behaviours that our young people can present.

This role may require working part of the week on a 1:1 with a complex female student and the remainder of the week supporting other students.

This role can be extremely rewarding as you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of the young adults in our care.

The students benefit from an extensive range of nutritional, therapeutic and medical support at each college that is reflected in the college sessions.

This is a great opportunity for anyone wanting a career across care and education.

To be successful in this role you will:

- have a strong desire to support young people, have excellent observational skills, and the ability to problem-solve and think creatively to enable our students to reimagine their potential
- demonstrate the ability to manage emotionally challenging situations with emotional intelligence and resilience, and to have the capacity to react calmly in stressful situations
- be able to supervise and support students throughout the college day, both in sessions and free time
- encourage and engage students to attend planned sessions and to help them become engaged in the curriculum activities
- experience supporting people with seizures (non-epileptic) would be advantageous
- have a sense of humour, an ability to build successful and positive relationships when young people are disengaged all whilst maintaining professional boundaries without being directive and have some flexibility in your approaches to working with our young people
- navigate and appropriately respond to ever changing student dynamics
- support College safeguarding procedures by reporting quickly and effectively any disclosures to the College Safeguarding Team
- have knowledge of specialist education and experience of working with learners with learning difficulties and/ or learning disabilities and challenging behaviour

**Working at Freeman College is incredibly rewarding and in return, we offer competitive salaries, with progression in pay once qualified and an auto-enrolment pension scheme. In addition, staff receive;**
- Staff will receive a comprehensive induction, extensive training and development plan to include Autism, Attachment, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE), CPI Safety Intervention training and much more.
- We invest heavily in our staff and we will provide excellent professional development opportunities.
- 33-38 days annual leave (including bank holidays) increasing with your length of service with us.
- Free organic meals when working on shift.
- **The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure.**_

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £17,754.00-£17,819.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Referral programme

Day range:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Shift:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Sheffield: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person