Senior Support Worker (Children’s Intervenor)
Full job description
Sense
Salary: £26,000 per year
We’re looking for a reliable and motivated person to join our professional team of Children’s Intervenors at our service in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, working 5 hours per week on a permanent basis within a family home setting.
Title: Children’s Intervenor (Driver essential)*
Reference number: 40688
Hours: 5 hours per week
Location: Tettenhall, Wolverhampton
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £26,000per year(pro rata)
Sense salary points: 19 – 22
About Sense
has been helping people who are deafblind and with sensory impairments to enjoy more independent lives for over 60 years. We support and campaign for people of all ages, from children through to older people, with a wide range of sight and hearing difficulties and associated communication needs or additional learning disabilities. We provide tailored support, advice and information as well as specialist services to individuals, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them.
More about the role
As a Children’s Intervenor you will support people with congenital deafblindness and associated disabilities or complex needs. You will enable the child to experience and join in the world around them as much as possible. This will be done by promoting the child’s social and personal development, encouraging their independent skills and facilitating their communication.
This support may be provided in the family’s home, their local community and personal care may be required.
A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle is an essential requirement for this role. However, we will endeavour to make reasonable adjustments for any disabled candidates that apply.
Skills and abilities
The ideal candidate will have achieved an accredited Intervenor qualification or attending the Intervenor training course. In addition, you will have achieved or be willing to work toward, a Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care (or equivalent). You will have had experience of working with and providing practical support to, people with learning disabilities and / or multisensory impairments.
The successful candidate will have had experience of facilitating a person centred review around children and planning positive programmes of support and outcomes, ideally of using a range of person centred planning tools.
Job benefits include a supportive, caring environment, generous paid leave, pension scheme, opportunities for promotion, excellent training and development and the chance to participate in stimulating, varied activities.
To start: To be confirmed
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website to download the information pack and complete the application form.
If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format for example large print, this can be arranged.
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.
Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.
No agencies please.
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