Student Support Worker Manchester, England
Job description
Choices College (formerly Project Choice) is a supported internship programme that aims to support young adults with learning difficulties, disabilities or autism to become employment ready.
The role of a student support worker is to support our interns on a one to one basis within a workplace setting to enable them to reach their full potential
Due to the bespoke nature of this project we cannot accurately predict the number of hours support the students will need, and the level of support may fluctuate across the academic year. For these reasons we cannot guarantee the number of hours offered. This is a 0 hour contract.
These posts are therefore only suited to applicants that do not require guaranteed full time hours and are able to be flexible on the hours worked, and areas worked within a local geographical area.
We are currently looking for candidates to support in Manchester. Willingness to travel is essential.
The Student support worker's main duties will include attending work placements with the students to support and develop the learning and embedding of work based tasks. Maintaining weekly detailed individual records for each student that meet inspection requirements.
A passion for supporting students with SEN to meet their full potential is essential for this role.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Managing the day to day delivery of 121 support for an student with autism learning disability difficulty or Disability
- Delivering high quality TSI based learning.
- Supporting mentors to support student.
- The interpretation of sensitive information supporting very anxious student to learn to work
- Assisting in the development of bespoke learning
- Reporting and Communicating information effectively and efficiently to area manager and mentor.
- Supporting the student 1:1 in a classroom environment.
NHSE is a friendly and high performing organisation. You can find out more about our work via our website or via the attached “Important Information about NHSE and your application” document.
At NHSE, we realise that many applicants have commitments outside of their working lives and are unable to commit to the traditional working patterns. With this in mind, we are proud to be able to offer a variety of flexible working options. We welcome a conversation to explore any of these options.
On 1 April 2023 Health Education England became part of the new NHS England. Our people are our most important asset; recruiting and retaining the best talent remains crucial to our success. We continue to recruit externally where we cannot fill vacancies internally. We hope you choose to join us but please be aware that some roles may be subject to change in the future. Please note, some supporting documentation attached to this vacancy refers to the legacy organisation, previously known as Health Education England, now NHS England. Work is continuing to harmonise the new NHS England recruitment service and any reference to Health Education England will be updated in due course. More information about the transition to the new NHS Englandis available here.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
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