Support Worker

Are you RESILIENT and WILLING TO LEARN? Would you like to work at a non-maintained specialist school, college, and children's home with some of the UK's most complex and vulnerable children and young people?

I am looking for dedicated Support Workers to join our team on a permanent basis. You will support young people with complex learning disabilities, severe social communication, and behavioural issues. This role gives you the opportunity to make a real difference in their lives. With your compassion, guidance, and training, you will watch them grow, develop, and support them towards adulthood.

Total Package: £24,000

Job Title: Support Worker
Salary: up to £24,000
Location: Godalming, Surrey
Hours: 40
Contract Type: Permanent

The Support Worker team supports our young people outside of school hours and also provides cover in the classroom enabling our education staff to take their breaks. You will support our students to develop their life skills, assisting with their personal care, choosing and preparing their meals, shopping, money handling, and accompanying activities on and off-site. During the school holidays, our young people really enjoy trips off-site, fully supported by their team. Over the summer, the team has been busy, including trips to the beach and funfair, adventure parks, meals out, inclusive cycling sessions, and Airhop.

Benefits of the Support Worker:

• £1,000 Retention bonus - £250 after 1 month, £250 after 1 year, £500 after 18 months at Trust (subject to tax and NI)
• Life Insurance and Medical cash plan commencing after a month at Trust
• Team Teach positive behaviour support training, refreshed every year, with ongoing assistance from on-site Team Teach tutors within our Inclusion Team
• Personalised approach to CPD, including training courses paid for by the Trust and regular 1:1 line management support with online appraisals
• Meals supplied when on shift
• Ample on-site parking
• Employee assistance service (confidential, professional wellbeing and counselling 24/7 service for you and your family members)
• Excellent network of support across the organisation including a team of Adult Mental Health First Aid and Occupational Health
• Discount on fitness classes with Surrey Fitness Camps and Go Fest Active Studio
• Based on a beautiful 23-acre site in a semi-rural area on the edge of the Surrey Hills (own transport is desirable due to semi-rural location)

Requirements:
No formal training is required. Full training and development provided! As well as training for Health and Social Care NVQ Level 3