Term Time Only Support Worker - Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom - St. John's College

St. John's College

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Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At St. John's, we have been making a positive difference to the lives of young people for nearly 140 years. We are now looking for an amazing Term Time Only Support Worker in Brighton to support us in making that difference Could that be you?

What will you be doing?

Promoting the rights of young people to be treated with dignity and respect in every aspect of their lives
Establishing supportive relationships with learners and encourage the development of stable relationships between staff, families, friends, and peers
Promoting the emotional health and selfesteem of learners and support them through changes in living circumstances and personal relationships
Supporting the learners in making their own choices
Supporting the learners in the community

What can we offer you?

Salary of £22,566

hours per week

30 days bookable holiday per year
Fulfilling and meaningful work make a difference
Career development plans that are tailored to you
Discounts across businesses in the local community.

Who are we?
St. John's is a non-maintained specialist provision, working with autistic people, the majority of whom also have learning disabilities. Some of our learners have co-occurring conditions such as epilepsy, hearing or visual impairments, or mental health needs. We also support autistic learners who have an additional profile of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) syndrome.

We have a team built up of support workers, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, nurses, PBS practitioners, assistant psychologists, and more.

This is to support us in our holistic approach to learning development.

Each learner's curriculum is shaped by their individual strengths, interests, and challenges. St. John's is awarded with Autism Accreditation by the National Autistic Society (NAS).

We support our learners to develop their skills in the NAS's four focus areas of:

Difference in social communication and interaction
Selfreliance and problemsolving
Sensory
Emotional Wellbeing

What are we looking for?

We've been doing this long enough to know that, whilst desirable, experience is not everything Our amazing learning and development team and our passionate managers have coached people new to this field into support working roles.

We know that if you have, the
passion and
desire to
learn, and the want to
empower others, you already have the foundations of an outstanding support worker.

Sound like you? Then keep on reading

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