Sessional Worker – Lincolnshire
Job type - Sessional
Hours -Ad-hoc
Salary - £15.79 per hour
Location -Lincolnshire (Lincoln, Grantham, Boston and surrounding areas)
Are you passionate about helping others and creating a society where communities are more equitable, where people feel safe and are supported to reach their aspirations?
Do you want a flexible job that works around you, but makes a lasting difference to people’s lives?
Our services in Lincolnshire help vulnerable adults and young people, who are homeless or are threatened with homelessness, to live independently. We can offer employment within an established team who can help you build your knowledge and experience. Sessional work can be a short term commitment or something that leads you to an exciting career.
Our sessional workers are an integral part of our team, providing consistency to our service users when our permanent staff are absent. You can chose to work at one of our services or you can chose to work across all of our services countywide. You can choose to work only days, evenings or nights or a mixture of all three.
Our aim is to inspire the people we support to be ambitious and embrace new opportunities. We enable the people we support to have new experiences and develop new skills to become independent and make a positive contribution to society.
The purpose of our services is to transform the lives of Lincolnshire’s most vulnerable people and our vision is to ensure every person in our services is given the support they need to have a chance at a brighter future.
Who we are looking for?
As a sessional worker you need to be
- Reliable and Motivated with a desire to learn.
- Able to follow Policy and Procedure to keep people safe.
- Empathetic and creative with a can-do attitude.
- Resilient and calm under pressure.
- Able to communicate positively.
What you will do
Every shift will offer a range of exciting new opportunities for you to make a difference. Tasks you may get to support with will depend on the day of the week you work and the time you work.
During the day you may;
- Support a Young Person to make a GP appointment
- Complete Health and Safety and fire safety checks
- Help someone tidy their home
- Help with a benefit claim
- Work with other professionals
- Create action and safety plans
During the evening you may;
- Help complete an application for college
- Plan future events and activities
- Help create a meal plan and shopping list
- Offer advice and guidance
During the night you may;
- Manage visitors
- Help someone in crisis
- Call Police or other emergency services if required
- Monitor CCTV
- Patrol the internal and external premises
We don't do personal care, restraints, or community supervision. Our adults and young people are capable individuals we treat with respect, actively preparing them for independence.
There's paperwork involved,, but it's all about documenting their progress!
Things you need to know
As we support People in their home around the clock, there are a number of shifts available, typical examples below:
8am – 4pm
9am – 5pm
3pm – 11pm
5.45pm – 11pm
6pm – 10.45pm
10.45pm – 8.15am
Your availability will be matched to our available shifts.
You can commit to shifts on the day or in advance.
The dress code for this role is smart casual.
At Nacro we value our people and want everyone to thrive in their role, including our sessional workers.
Our recruitment checks, induction, ongoing support and supervision alongside our learning and development offer to all staff reflect our commitment to developing our team.
We also offer excellent benefits, please clickhere.
‘Having a passion for anything youth-related meant that in the final year of my Bachelors degree, I wanted frontline experience of working with young people to increase my employment opportunities. My journey began as a Sessional Worker for Nacro's Lincolnshire NEST service. After completing my degree, I decided to study a Masters degree and continued to work at NEST which was a perfect study-work balance’ Steph Duggan
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are a national social justice charity with more than 50 years’ experience of changing lives, building stronger communities, and reducing crime. Last year alone we helped support, house, educate, advise, and speak out for 38,000 disadvantaged young people and adults - you could now help us make an even bigger impact going forward.
This role has an “essential travel” requirement. Should you choose to use your own vehicle to meet this requirement, please note that Nacro’s Driving for Work Policy requires all staff who drive for work purposes to have full business use insurance cover for their vehicle. Nacro does not reimburse any additional insurance premium costs, as these are already covered within the Inland Revenue mileage expense rate(currently 45p per mile).
At Nacro, we believe in the power of a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those with criminal records and first-hand experience of the criminal justice system. All applications are assessed on merit.
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Having a criminal record will not preclude your success in this role; any criminal record information will be subject to a fair and proportionate assessment. If you would like advice about applying for work with a criminal record, please contact our confidential Criminal Record Support Service on 0300 123 1999 or by email at
[email protected].
Please note that this role does not offer eligibility for visa sponsorship. For more information on UK working rights, please visit GOV.UKApplicants must have the right to work in the UK.
