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Support Worker - Bespoke
| Posting date: | 17 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | £13.53 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 March 2025 |
| Location: | SN2 5NP |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Uplands Enterprise Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Transform lives with a career that truly matters. As a Support Worker with us, you won't just have a job; you'll play a pivotal role in helping the individuals we support gain independence and lead healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives. Our dedicated support workers empower young adults to gain independence, actively participating in the local community while gaining essential work and life skills. Be part of a team that shapes futures and makes a lasting impact every day.
UET provides care and support to a range of young adults living with additional needs such as, learning disabilities, autism, and other complex behavioural, physical, sensory and health needs.
Would you like a role where you could continue to make a difference, and use your skills to improve the lives of young adults with additional needs, working set days with no requirement to work weekends?
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorships.
Salary: £13.53 per hour
Main Base: Community Enterprise Centre, Penhill, Swindon.
Reporting to: Bespoke Lead/Manager
Uplands Enterprise Trust (UET)
UET (Uplands Enterprise Trust) is a Swindon based charity that helps young people & adults (YP&A) with additional needs to help themselves. We are run by enthusiastic, skilled, and creative staff, with a knowledgeable board of voluntary Trustees. The UET is constantly developing, expanding, and changing to improve the lives of disabled YP&A within Swindon and surrounding areas.
Bespoke Provision
Our Bespoke offer provides tailored support to young people & adults (YP&A) with additional needs to enable them to gain, learn from, develop, and maintain their work and life skills and to make a positive progression and contribution to the community.
General Responsibilities:
Communicate with the YP&A, parents/carers, colleagues, and other professionals in a professional manner.
Communicate with YP&A using a variety of individual methods including PECs, visual aids, sign language and technology.
Managing behaviour that challenges us when necessary, including the use of Team Teach principles for the use of physical intervention for the management of challenging behaviour.
Safe intervention when a YP&A is in crisis, adopting effective de-escalation techniques.
Administering medication when needed, full training will be provided.
To provide simple medical aid as and when necessary and take all reasonable measures to ensure health and safety in all locations.
Ensure that the YP&A gain the most from tasks, having the opportunity to try new things, developing our offer, and researching new opportunities to keep the offer fresh and relevant.
Understand that each YP&A is an individual and therefore the day is tailored to deliver the best outcomes.
Responsible for recording and capturing YP&A progress including input monitoring and reviewing of work programmes.
To prepare for daily activities, ensuring resources are ready and clean and tidy after use.
Be a positive role model to YP&A.
Upholding UET policies and procedures.
Be mindful of and act in accordance with safeguarding and health & safety procedures.
Take part in staff meetings and training when required.
Hold a full UK driving licence (preferable)
What’s on Offer
Full training and career development
Charity worker discounts (superb discounts on travel, leisure, entertainment and more)
EAP - Employee Assistance Program (offering support for employees and their families)
Company pension scheme
Please note that our organisation is based over several sites in and around the Swindon area and you may be required to work from different sites, as directed by the Director of Operations.
The post holder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description. The duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and would not themselves justify the re-valuation of a post.
The Trustee body retains the right to implement changes to this job description to reflect changes in the demands of the post and this will be done in consultation with the post holder.
Uplands Enterprise Trust (UET) recognises our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all our young people and adults (YP/A)..
UET provides care and support to a range of young adults living with additional needs such as, learning disabilities, autism, and other complex behavioural, physical, sensory and health needs.
Would you like a role where you could continue to make a difference, and use your skills to improve the lives of young adults with additional needs, working set days with no requirement to work weekends?
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorships.
Salary: £13.53 per hour
Main Base: Community Enterprise Centre, Penhill, Swindon.
Reporting to: Bespoke Lead/Manager
Uplands Enterprise Trust (UET)
UET (Uplands Enterprise Trust) is a Swindon based charity that helps young people & adults (YP&A) with additional needs to help themselves. We are run by enthusiastic, skilled, and creative staff, with a knowledgeable board of voluntary Trustees. The UET is constantly developing, expanding, and changing to improve the lives of disabled YP&A within Swindon and surrounding areas.
Bespoke Provision
Our Bespoke offer provides tailored support to young people & adults (YP&A) with additional needs to enable them to gain, learn from, develop, and maintain their work and life skills and to make a positive progression and contribution to the community.
General Responsibilities:
Communicate with the YP&A, parents/carers, colleagues, and other professionals in a professional manner.
Communicate with YP&A using a variety of individual methods including PECs, visual aids, sign language and technology.
Managing behaviour that challenges us when necessary, including the use of Team Teach principles for the use of physical intervention for the management of challenging behaviour.
Safe intervention when a YP&A is in crisis, adopting effective de-escalation techniques.
Administering medication when needed, full training will be provided.
To provide simple medical aid as and when necessary and take all reasonable measures to ensure health and safety in all locations.
Ensure that the YP&A gain the most from tasks, having the opportunity to try new things, developing our offer, and researching new opportunities to keep the offer fresh and relevant.
Understand that each YP&A is an individual and therefore the day is tailored to deliver the best outcomes.
Responsible for recording and capturing YP&A progress including input monitoring and reviewing of work programmes.
To prepare for daily activities, ensuring resources are ready and clean and tidy after use.
Be a positive role model to YP&A.
Upholding UET policies and procedures.
Be mindful of and act in accordance with safeguarding and health & safety procedures.
Take part in staff meetings and training when required.
Hold a full UK driving licence (preferable)
What’s on Offer
Full training and career development
Charity worker discounts (superb discounts on travel, leisure, entertainment and more)
EAP - Employee Assistance Program (offering support for employees and their families)
Company pension scheme
Please note that our organisation is based over several sites in and around the Swindon area and you may be required to work from different sites, as directed by the Director of Operations.
The post holder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description. The duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and would not themselves justify the re-valuation of a post.
The Trustee body retains the right to implement changes to this job description to reflect changes in the demands of the post and this will be done in consultation with the post holder.
Uplands Enterprise Trust (UET) recognises our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all our young people and adults (YP/A)..