Bank SEN Adult Support Workers - Day or Night

Bank SEN Adult Support Workers - Day or Night - Orchard Manor - Meldreth nr Royston

Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston, Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border

Salary:  £11.72 - £12.78 per hour (linked to competency and qualifications) + 14.5% holiday pay + Night supplement £25 per shift

Hours: Choose from a range of shift times that will suit any needs 

Situated in the village of Meldreth, just ten miles south of Cambridge, on the Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border. Orchard Manor offers a supportive living and learning environment for young adults who have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties resulting in complex learning needs. 

Set within 14 acres, our site provides extensive space for learning, developing and living in an environment where we have a range of incredible facilities that include: 

• Music and Art Rooms
• Rebound Therapy
• Hydrotherapy
• Hard and soft outdoor space
• Forestry School
• Adapted Kitchens
• Enterprise Schemes
• Sensory Rooms

As one of our Bank Support Workers, you will work with our young adults who have varying degrees of special educational needs and disabilities. Your aim is to promote their confidence and independence and support them to lead a fulfilling life.

This is an incredibly challenging yet rewarding role, where being willing to lend a hand wherever required is essential.

Experience isn’t essential, the drive and compassion to empower and transform lives is.

Our bank staff are able to choose what shift they want to take on, giving them a great deal of flexibility when deciding to work days over nights, or weekdays over weekends.

You will have a chance to work with a supportive team whose common goal is to empower and support wherever is required. 

Role Requirements 

• Provide exceptional high levels of care during all daily activities such as washing, dressing, socialising, learning, washing/personal care and ensuring care during the night.
• Ensuring that medical needs are met at all times
• Assisting with therapy sessions such as hydrotherapy and rebound therapy.
• Communicating effectively and building strong relationships that will empower the children and young adults are free to grow and develop
• Ensuring that the environment is safe, supportive and enjoyable

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job Description: Bank SEN Adult Support Worker - Day or Night

How to Apply: 

You can apply online by completing our online application form.  For more information on this position please contact Kirsty in the Recruitment Team at kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search. 

#Reed FTE: £24,378 - £26,582