community support specialist Coventry, England
Job description
Looking for a new challenge?
Have you ever wanted to have a rewarding and fulfilling career where you can make a real difference in people's lives?
It's an exciting time at Sense as our team is expanding! We now have a fantastic opportunity for a Community Support Worker to join our team in Coventry. Our Get Out There (GOT) Service supports children and young people with their social programme of activities.
This will be a permanent role, working 5 hours per week in Coventry. Hours will be after school and at weekends. Looking for two candidates.
The great thing about Sense is that you don’t need to have previous experience in this field- we’re happy to work with you to help you become an excellent support worker.
As a GOT Service Community Support Worker, you will be supporting a non verbal young individual who has autism in their home, at our new Coventry Sense centre and in the community.
You will be working 2:1 with another staff member to provide sensory activities and communication opportunities. You will be working closely with school, occupational therapists and learning disability nurses.
Does this sound right for you? Working at Sense gives you a wide range of benefits including:
24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
Free DBS Check
Free leadership and management development (such as our award winning Growing Stronger Leaders Together programme)
Free access to over 100 online and face to face training including the care certificate.
On-going development opportunities
Flexible working and family friendly policies
Employee referral scheme
Health and well-being support
Pension Scheme
Discount scheme Your duties can include:
To support individuals / groups within the centre and community.
To provide a customised, responsive and high quality service to people with multiple sensory impairments, physical and/or learning disabilities who use Sense services.
To deliver services which meet or exceed organisational expectations and standards. Your required skills and experiences:
Knowledge of or qualification in British Sign Language or similar is desirable ( BSL / Makaton etc.)
A full manual UK license is required as you will be required to drive and take the people you support out in the community.
Must have experience of dealing with people with one or more disabilities and/or autism.
Must be able to work as part of a team and keep accurate records.
To apply
Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
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.
If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 415 6735 or [email protected]
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/
