Support Worker
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2025 |
| Location: | Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | University of South Wales |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | R5155 |
Summary
The Disability Support Team are looking to appoint Support Workers.
If you’re positive, motivated, ready to learn new skills and be a role model we'd love to hear from you.
We value the ability to build good working relationships, the ability to foster confidence and a ‘can do’ attitude. We also value practical problem solving and using your initiative to contribute to the success of Students at USW. You will be keen to work with students, supporting them to fully participate in all academic activities.
As this role is working alongside students you would be responsible for delivering key administrative processes such as supporting staff and students with ad-hoc queries.
We are looking for candidates who have good administration and people skills.
Key duties include:
Supporting staff and students with ad-hoc queries
Supporting students with practical assistance around campus
Dealing with email and face-to-face enquiries
Timely processing of typed academic notes as part of administration duties.
Diary management
The Support Worker role may need a presence on all five of the University of South Wales campuses, Treforest, Glyntaff, Sports Park, Newport, and Cardiff. There may also be a requirement for successful candidates to work online for some of our courses.
Applicants should have their own mobile phone, an excellent standard of written and spoken English, be competent in their use of IT systems, Teams and Microsoft 365. A further education (FE) or higher education (HE) qualification or equivalent is essential and experience of FE/HE environment is desirable.
The majority of work will take place during the academic year, September to June’ Work levels are variable, and hours range from between 0 and 20 hours per week depending on the student requirement. Most of the work will be on campus and there may be an element of online working dependent on student timetables and locations. Staff will receive monthly payment upon receipt of a completed timesheet.
If you are a successful candidate and this position will be your first professional services role at the University (or you are currently employed by PSS Ltd), you will be employed by Professional and Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of South Wales, which provides services to the University and Colleges.
Discover the advantages of working with us at USW: https://tinyurl.com/PSSatUSW
USW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All those working at the University are expected to share this commitment.
We are committed to employing a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment. Where colleagues can be themselves and every person is treated with dignity, fairness and respect. We actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and communities, especially with regards to age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and religion and/or belief. We benchmark our success through equality accreditations with Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Stonewall and Disability Confident.
If you’re a Welsh learner or a Welsh speaker, we’d be delighted to receive your application. At USW, you’ll have access to Welsh courses to enable you to develop your Welsh skills further, in order to provide a bilingual service to our students, colleagues and the public.
We welcome applications in Welsh and English. Applications in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those made in English.
If you’re positive, motivated, ready to learn new skills and be a role model we'd love to hear from you.
We value the ability to build good working relationships, the ability to foster confidence and a ‘can do’ attitude. We also value practical problem solving and using your initiative to contribute to the success of Students at USW. You will be keen to work with students, supporting them to fully participate in all academic activities.
As this role is working alongside students you would be responsible for delivering key administrative processes such as supporting staff and students with ad-hoc queries.
We are looking for candidates who have good administration and people skills.
Key duties include:
Supporting staff and students with ad-hoc queries
Supporting students with practical assistance around campus
Dealing with email and face-to-face enquiries
Timely processing of typed academic notes as part of administration duties.
Diary management
The Support Worker role may need a presence on all five of the University of South Wales campuses, Treforest, Glyntaff, Sports Park, Newport, and Cardiff. There may also be a requirement for successful candidates to work online for some of our courses.
Applicants should have their own mobile phone, an excellent standard of written and spoken English, be competent in their use of IT systems, Teams and Microsoft 365. A further education (FE) or higher education (HE) qualification or equivalent is essential and experience of FE/HE environment is desirable.
The majority of work will take place during the academic year, September to June’ Work levels are variable, and hours range from between 0 and 20 hours per week depending on the student requirement. Most of the work will be on campus and there may be an element of online working dependent on student timetables and locations. Staff will receive monthly payment upon receipt of a completed timesheet.
If you are a successful candidate and this position will be your first professional services role at the University (or you are currently employed by PSS Ltd), you will be employed by Professional and Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of South Wales, which provides services to the University and Colleges.
Discover the advantages of working with us at USW: https://tinyurl.com/PSSatUSW
USW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All those working at the University are expected to share this commitment.
We are committed to employing a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment. Where colleagues can be themselves and every person is treated with dignity, fairness and respect. We actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and communities, especially with regards to age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and religion and/or belief. We benchmark our success through equality accreditations with Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Stonewall and Disability Confident.
If you’re a Welsh learner or a Welsh speaker, we’d be delighted to receive your application. At USW, you’ll have access to Welsh courses to enable you to develop your Welsh skills further, in order to provide a bilingual service to our students, colleagues and the public.
We welcome applications in Welsh and English. Applications in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those made in English.
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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.