Student Summer Placements Wingrave, England
Job description
At MacIntyre, every child is different, and every day is different.
You'll be working at our vibrant children's home in Wingrave, where we support children and young people with severe learning disabilities, autism and complex behaviours. The children’s home is on the site of MacIntyre School, a residential special school in Wingrave village, which is located between Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard.
You'll join our Summer Placement Scheme as a temporary Support Worker from June through to September 2023. Usually, our Summer Support Workers are students studying relevant courses at university or college. Perhaps you're doing a course in social care, psychology, learning disabilities, nursing or similar. Perhaps you have a particular interest in working with young people who are on the autistic spectrum?
We've been running our popular summer scheme for several years, providing excellent opportunities for students to gain valuable experience and skills.
"I started working for MacIntyre in 2005 as a Learning Support Assistant. Over the years, many of my colleagues have become my friends. Through training, role modelling, mentoringand encouragement to develop professionally, I am now the lead for intensive interaction at MacIntyre! This is my dream job and I'm grateful to be part of such a warm and caring team" - Kate Webb, Intensive Interaction Mentor.
About the role
You will work in the children’s home, joining in with young people's daily lives and supporting their participation in community activities and hobbies. You'll have the opportunity to support them on days out to theme parks, the seaside and other leisure pursuits such as sailing, horse-riding, sports and skiing. Perhaps you can also bring some fun and interesting hobbies of your own to share with us?
The role may involve some personal care, and young people sometimes present with behaviours of concern. Our experts will give you full training so that you understand the functions of these behaviours, and we will support and train you in how to respond. You will also receive training in safeguarding young people.
About us
MacIntyre is an award-winning national charity supporting people with learning disabilities.
We use person-centred approaches to keep the people we support safe, happy and healthy and to ensure each individual is able to live a life that makes sense to them. Using Positive Behaviour Support strategies ensures we see the person first, not their behaviour or learning disability.
About you
Experience isn’t always necessary. If you have the right attitude, good customer service skills, share our values and are willing to learn, you’re likely to be a great fit. We are looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.
We also ask for a commitment to three shifts (or more) per week between the hours of 07:00 to 14.30 or 12:00 to 20:00 or 14:30 to 22:00, over an eight week period. This helps build relationships between you and the young people, and gives you the best chance to gain valuable experience.
You must be aged 18 or over.
Due to the location, you must have a method of transport to be able to get to and from the School.
Training and Development
At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.
But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.
Pay and Rewards
We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:
- 5.6 weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
- Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
- MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
- Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
- MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
- Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
- MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
- MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
- Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
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Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)
How to apply
If this role sounds like a great opportunity for you, click Apply on the MacIntyre website, complete our brief application form and upload your CV. Or for more information, call Jennifer James on 01296 681274.
Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, you can either download one from the attachments on our website advert or phone us on 01908 357 016 and we will send an application form to you.
Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.
Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement
MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.
MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.
COVID-19 Information
During the pandemic we are following Government guidance regarding reducing transmission rates. This means we take every precaution to keep you and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process and your employment with MacIntyre.
