Children's Community Support Worker

Are you looking for a fun & rewarding role?
We have an exciting new opportunity for you to join our us at our at Get Our There Group in Loughborough, providing support to children between the ages of 5 and 17 with complex needs.

This is a Permanent part time role, working 4 hours per week on Saturdays during the year (term time & non-term time) and the shift pattern will be 9:30am-1:30pm.

The ‘Get Out There’ Clubs provide support for children and young people who still live at home with their families. Working to promote communication skills, life skills, mobility and access to the community.

We provide support for children who have a range of complex needs, including sensory loses and learning disabilities who you will be providing 1:1 support..

You will join a great team of Support Workers, working well together supporting each other and sharing ideas, providing a good support network for families.

Benefits
Free DBS Check
Free access to over 100 online and face to face training including the care certificate.
On-going training and development opportunities
Flexible working and family friendly policies
Employee referral scheme
Health and well-being support
Discount scheme
Wisdom App- free access for all employees to mindfulness application.
About Sense
We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

Ready to make a difference?
To apply

Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on View phone number on findajob.dwp.gov.uk or View email address on findajob.dwp.gov.uk

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.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit:

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About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .