This isn't your average Support Worker role, this is a great opportunity to help children and young adults interact with the world by encouraging them to do extra-curriculum activities.
Alongside your Support Worker duties, you will be planning and delivering activities for children and young people with mild to moderate disabilities that support personal and social development so that they can achieve their full potential.
As SEN Support Worker you will be looking after the needs of the children, whether that is emotional or physical as well as ensuring that they enjoy the activities.
You can let your creativity flow here by helping out the organisers come up with ideas for activities to do with the children, however you will never be pressured to do so unless you want to share any brilliant ideas.
About The Placement
If you want to work for an organisation that has a passion for providing social action to the local community, with the core of the company is providing vulnerable people with the services they require, then this is the place for you.
The company is committed to excellence and evidencing the impact they have to the communities that they support. The efforts of the staff members, whether that is the hardworking SEN Support Workers, or the passionate and motivated volunteers, their aims are intertwined in contributing towards creating independence and happiness to vulnerable individuals.
You will be required to have experience working with vulnerable children and young people with disabilities in social care, health, education or voluntary and community sector. The job requires a lot of travelling for the different activities so you must hold a Full Manual UK Driving Licence.
Duties of a SEN Support Worker include but not limited to:
- Liaise with families to ensure needs of young person are met
- Plan, organise and deliver residential trips for young people aged 8 - 19 years
- Complete risk assessments for activities
- Recruit, train and manage volunteers
- Develop effective relationships with young people, families, and professionals; attend meetings
- Work with schools, communities and other agencies to increase awareness of service
- Undertake regular evaluation of the services ensuring that the young people are at the heart of the process
- Support from dedicated and experienced consultants that want to help you with each step of your career.
- Competitive rates of pay (23k a year)
- Pension Scheme
- Excellent reviews from a variety of different members of our workforce
If you want to delve into the role of a SEN Support Worker and try a new challenge click the apply button now!
If you know any excellent people that would love to work for an incredible organisation send them over to us, we offer a referral bonus to any excellent people that joins us!
Term Time Teachers are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants will be subject to a full face-to-face registration and an Enhanced DBS (Formerly known as CRB).
