Day Centre 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 to join our fantastic Day service in Rotherham offering you an hourly rate of £10.15.
This is the perfect role for a support worker wanting day time hours Monday - Sunday, (8.00am to 7pm) This is a permanent role, with various hours contracts available up to 35 hours per week to suit.
Our Touch Base Centre in Rotherham is a purpose-built centre which is the base for a huge variety of social activities and education-based sessions, it is located within the heart of the local community and is a short walk from the local high street and its public transport network. Across our services we support adults and young people with a wide range of complex needs. This may include learning disabilities, Autism, sensory impairments and complex health needs. We support individuals to access meaningful and enriching activities with a focus on person centred planning and lifelong learning and development.
As a Support Worker you will support and enable people to make choices, to find ways to express themselves and to develop independent living and life skills. In the role you may be supporting individuals to access therapies and activities across our Sense Centres. You will also support people to access activities within the local and wider community e.g. accessing public transport, swimming, ice-skating. Some support maybe provided from people’s home setting. This means that members of our team could be supporting somebody out on a day trip one day and in the allotment the next. Other activities on offer to the people we support in Rotheham include IT, basic literacy and numeracy, gardening, cooking, music activities, communication practice, work placements in local businesses, art activities, sensory environments and to access facilities in the local community.

**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.
The role includes transporting people to the centre and to activities in the community, so a driving license and use of your own vehicle is desirable.
Knowledge of multi-sensory impairments / learning difficulties is beneficial.
Knowledge of or qualification in British Sign Language or similar is beneficial (BSL / Makaton etc.).
Flexibility as working times include weekends and evenings until 7pm 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 Rotherham might include supporting people with**:
Everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning.
Personal care and hygiene.
Finances.
Medication and wellbeing.
Working.
Going into the community for shopping or other trips.
Their social life and nightlife.
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.