Link Worker
| Posting date: | 22 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £26,306 to £27,736 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Actual salary for 37 weeks: £21,470- £22,635 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 February 2026 |
| Location: | SA66 7SE |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Ruskin Mill Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
The post holder will work as a lead support for a named student with complex needs to offer specific and specialist emotional, behavioural support and personal care, and to provide additional support for the daytime support team. They will also ensure appropriate care and support of the student including medical needs, dietary needs and personal care/hygiene. They must provide effective communication with colleagues and be able to keep accurate records.
Our service is continually developing, and we are always looking for committed individuals who feel they can help us to achieve our aims. Individual development is given the highest priority together with the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of a positive and progressive service.
In order to be successful in this role you will:
• Have a strong desire to support young people, have excellent observational skills, and the ability to problem solve and think creatively to enable our young people to reimagine their potential
• Be a patient, caring, compassionate with a young person-centred nature
• Demonstrate the ability to manage emotionally challenging situations, be a team player with experience of support work in both educational and residential settings
• Emotional intelligence and resilience with the ability to react calmly in stressful situations
• To meet regularly with the student and support worker if appropriate, throughout the day to provide additional emotional and behavioural support.
A Welsh speaker desirable but not essential.
40 awr yr wythnos, 37 wythnos y flwyddyn
Cyflog Gwirioneddol: £21,470- £22,635
(bydd y cyflog cychwynnol yn amodol ar brofiad a chymwysterau)
Bydd deilydd y swydd yn gweithio fel prif gefnogwr i fyfyriwr penodol sydd ag anghenion cymhleth er mwyn cynnig cefnogaeth benodol ac arbenigol emosiynol ac ymddygiadol, a gofal personol, a darparu cefnogaeth ychwanegol i’r tîm sy’n cynorthwyo yn ystod y dydd.
Bydd hefyd yn sicrhau gofal a chefnogaeth priodol i’r myfyriwr, gan gynnwys anghenion meddygol, anghenion diet, a gofal personol/hylendid. Rhaid iddynt gyfathrebu’n effeithiol gyda chydweithwyr a gallu cadw cofnodion cywir.
Mae ein gwasanaeth yn datblygu’n barhaus, ac rydym bob amser yn chwilio am unigolion ymroddedig sy’n teimlo eu bod yn gallu ein helpu i gyflawni ein nodau. Rhoddir y flaenoriaeth uchaf i ddatblygiad unigol, ynghyd â chyfle i gyfrannu at ddatblygiad parhaus gwasanaeth cadarnhaol a blaengar. Mae’r gallu i siarad
Cymraeg yn ddymunol, ond nid yn hanfodol.
Our service is continually developing, and we are always looking for committed individuals who feel they can help us to achieve our aims. Individual development is given the highest priority together with the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of a positive and progressive service.
In order to be successful in this role you will:
• Have a strong desire to support young people, have excellent observational skills, and the ability to problem solve and think creatively to enable our young people to reimagine their potential
• Be a patient, caring, compassionate with a young person-centred nature
• Demonstrate the ability to manage emotionally challenging situations, be a team player with experience of support work in both educational and residential settings
• Emotional intelligence and resilience with the ability to react calmly in stressful situations
• To meet regularly with the student and support worker if appropriate, throughout the day to provide additional emotional and behavioural support.
A Welsh speaker desirable but not essential.
40 awr yr wythnos, 37 wythnos y flwyddyn
Cyflog Gwirioneddol: £21,470- £22,635
(bydd y cyflog cychwynnol yn amodol ar brofiad a chymwysterau)
Bydd deilydd y swydd yn gweithio fel prif gefnogwr i fyfyriwr penodol sydd ag anghenion cymhleth er mwyn cynnig cefnogaeth benodol ac arbenigol emosiynol ac ymddygiadol, a gofal personol, a darparu cefnogaeth ychwanegol i’r tîm sy’n cynorthwyo yn ystod y dydd.
Bydd hefyd yn sicrhau gofal a chefnogaeth priodol i’r myfyriwr, gan gynnwys anghenion meddygol, anghenion diet, a gofal personol/hylendid. Rhaid iddynt gyfathrebu’n effeithiol gyda chydweithwyr a gallu cadw cofnodion cywir.
Mae ein gwasanaeth yn datblygu’n barhaus, ac rydym bob amser yn chwilio am unigolion ymroddedig sy’n teimlo eu bod yn gallu ein helpu i gyflawni ein nodau. Rhoddir y flaenoriaeth uchaf i ddatblygiad unigol, ynghyd â chyfle i gyfrannu at ddatblygiad parhaus gwasanaeth cadarnhaol a blaengar. Mae’r gallu i siarad
Cymraeg yn ddymunol, ond nid yn hanfodol.