Support Worker

4 weeks ago


Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom The Aurora Group Full time

Overview

and Responsibilities

Support Worker (Residential/College – no personal care)

Location:  Cranborne, Dorset  Hourly Rate:  £.-£. per hour (depending on experience and qualifications) Annual Salary : £,. - £,. (actual pro-rata), £,. - £,. (FTE salary)
Contract : part-time (hrs per week), year-round
Shifts: -hour shifts, 8am-8pm Sunday, Monday and Tuesday

No experienced needed – Increased rates for those with experience

At our Aurora Boveridge College, we support young people between the ages of and 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. 

We’re currently looking for a number of Support Workers to assist our students at home (on-site) and in the classroom (no personal care responsibilities). 

Our working environment is amazing - To take a virtual tour around our site, click here;

The Role:

Following a handover from our night team; you'll support our 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 and over

Benefits and Additional Information

What's on offer:

Full training with the opportunity to study the Level 3 diploma in Health and Social Care (funded by us)  Free lunch Perkbox subscription Life assurance and pension  Health cash back plan  Car lease scheme  Bike to work scheme Free parking

Apply/Enquiries 

If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">  

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 4 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.



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