Support Worker (Residential/College – no personal care)

Support Worker (Residential/College – no personal care)

Location: Cranborne, Dorset 

Hourly Rate: £12.37-£13.49 per hour 

Annual Salary: £23,207.85 - £25,309.13 (depending on experience and qualifications)

Hours: 12 hour shifts, 8am-8pm- average 42 hours per week spread over 3-4 shifts per week (including every other weekend)

Contract: permanent, term time only

**No experienced needed – Increased rates for those with experience**

At our Aurora Boveridge College, we support young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who have additional social, emotional and mental health needs, by preparing them for adult life and facilitating their transition into further education, training or employment. 

We’re currently looking for a Support Worker to assist our students at home (on-site) and in the classroom (no personal care responsibilities). 

Our working environment is amazing - To take a virtual tour around our site, click here; Boveridge Virtual Tour

Your role

Following a handover from our night team; you'll support our students with their morning routine, ensuring they are ready for their day in College. This will be with the use of verbal and visual prompting dependent on the need of the student.

Once at college you’ll work alongside our Teachers and TA’s and assist the students in staying concentrated and focused on their work; providing emotional support as required.

You’ll also provide a key liaison point for parent and carers and ensure all health/medical appointments are attended. 

After college you’ll work with the students in preparation from dinner (again; prompting/motivating rather than doing); and in the evening you’ll join in with whatever activities the students want to do.

The key to this role will be your ability to participate and to motivate whilst ensuring our students develop their own independent living skills.

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate (No experience need – we’ll fund all your training): 

• Willingness to participate, be positive and creative in meeting our young person’s needs 
• Able to support and develop independence skills such as budgeting, shopping, cooking, housekeeping as well as accessing the wider community and using public transport.
• Ability to prompt / encourage in a positive manner whilst providing social/emotional behavioural support
• Ability to show a strong understanding of what “good care” looks like and how to put the young person’s needs first, whilst empowering them to be independent
• Due to our rural location access to transport and a drivers licence is essential
• Given the age of our students all applicants must be 21 and over

Benefits and Additional Information

• Full training with the opportunity to study the Level 3 diploma in Health and Social Care (funded by us!) and CPD pathway for progressing
• The little perks of appreciation, chocolates, food, tea & coffee pods, Christmas hampers etc
• Well-being checks with our Mental first aiders & Well being Champions
• Full management support
• Life assurance
• Enhanced pension scheme (from October)
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Kirsty from the recruitment team at carl.standidge@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.