Actual Salary £12,033 (FTE £30,083)
(the salary includes a location allowance)
16 Hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Working days Monday & Wednesday 08:30 to 17:00
Based in Pishwanton Woods, before applying, please ensure the location is accessible to you without reliance on public transport.
An opportunity has become available to join Seol Trust, Ruskin Mill Trust, as part of the committed day time support team focusing on the holistic needs of the participants. This role can be both physically and emotionally demanding, and you must have the confidence and patience to manage the challenging behaviours that the participants we work with can present.
You will be required to support and guide participants to access their programme of activities and to be aware of and promote their welfare during the day. The majority of the activities take place outside on our 60-acre site and include a wide range of physical tasks associated with horticulture, woodland and site management, animal husbandry, catering, and crafts. You will need to be prepared to work outdoors in all weathers.
This role may include working part of the week on a 1:1 with participants and the remainder of the week supporting other participants. This role can be extremely rewarding as you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of individuals.
In addition to supporting participants during programme hours (09:30 – 15:30), there will be periods within the working day where participants are not onsite. During these times, the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the general preparation, maintenance, and upkeep of the site.
This will involve a range of practical tasks, both outdoors and indoors, to support the smooth running of the provision. A willingness to engage in hands-on, practical work is therefore an important aspect of this role.
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have a strong desire to support adults at risk, have excellent observational skills, and the ability to problem-solve and think creatively to enable participants to reimagine their potential
- Demonstrate the ability to manage emotionally challenging situations with emotional intelligence and resilience, and to have the capacity to react calmly in stressful situations
- Be able to supervise and support participants throughout the day, both in sessions and during unstructured time
- Encourage and engage participants to attend planned sessions and to help them become engaged in the planned activities
- Have a sense of humour, an ability to build successful and positive relationships when individuals are disengaged all whilst maintaining professional boundaries without being directive and have some flexibility in your approaches to working with participants.
- Navigate and appropriately respond to ever changing interpersonal dynamics
- Support Adult Protection procedures by reporting quickly and effectively any disclosures to the Seol Trust Adult Protection Team
- Have knowledge of specialist care and support and experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour
Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.
In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.
Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be required to join, or to already be members of, the PVG scheme before formal offer of appointment. In addition to this satisfactory medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK will also need to be obtained.
INDAR
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £30,083.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Application question(s):
- Due to the part-time salary, sponsorship is not offered for this role. Do you have full entitlement to work in the UK without a visa?
- Can you travel to Pishwanton Woods, EH41 4FH without need for public transport?
- Are are available to work Monday & Wednesday 08:30 to 17:00, outdoors in all weathers?
Experience:
- SEN / ALN support: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
