Senior Support Worker
Aurora Boveridge College
Dorset
- £11.44 - £12.01 per hour
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 18 August 2022
Job overview
Senior Support Worker
Location: Cranborne, Dorset
Salary: £11.44-12.01 per hour
Hours: 12 hour shifts, 8am-8pm- average 42 hours per week spread over 3-4 shifts per week
Boveridge College is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, sitting in 16 acres of listed gardens and a wider 50 acre campus - it is a truly spectacular place to work.
At Aurora we believe in empowerment through learning, all of our staff pull together to work as a team ensuring the best care and support is given to all at Boveridge College at every moment.
To take a virtual tour around our site, click here; Boveridge Virtual Tour
The main purpose of the role:
Within the role, post holders will be required to support Deputy Managers(and deputising in their absence) in working with a team of Support Workers to maintain a stable, happy and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of our young people first.
Key duties:
- Ensure that the medical needs of the young people are met at all times
- Ensure that all young people receive a high standard of care and live in a safe, clean and homely environment
- Communicate with Managers about the day to day running of the home and when any difficulties arise.
- Take responsibility for the shift including making decisions regarding staffing levels and allocation in the absence of the Deputy House Manager.
- Complete regular supervisions and support the process of formal performance review
- To encourage independent living skills through budgeting, shopping, cooking and accessing the wider community including public transport and leisure activities or own interests.
- Support the induction of new team members and their continued mentoring.
- Keep records accurately and up-to-date
- Ensure safeguarding and health and safety procedures are followed at all times
- There will be no personal care requirements for this role.
- Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the Recruitment Team adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidate qualities:
- Full UK driving licence and access to your own car
- Level 3 Diploma or equivalent in Health and Social Care.
- Be positive and creative in meeting young person’s needs
- Be able to work on your own as well as part of a team
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Competent ICT skills
- Show a strong understanding of what “good care” looks like and how to put the young person’s needs first, whilst empowering them to be independent and treating them as an individual
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on offer?
- Full training and continued support
- Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
- Free lunch
- Life assurance and pension
- Health cash back plan
- Car lease scheme
- Bike to work scheme
- Perk box
- Free parking
At Aurora we believe in empowerment through learning, all of our staff pull together to work as a team ensuring the best care and support is given to all at Boveridge College at every moment.
For more information on this position please contact 07918 144908 / adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
Attached documents
About Aurora Boveridge College
Take a virtual tour: https://kuula.co/share/collection/7YlHY?fs=1&vr=1&thumbs=2&alpha=0.78&inst=0&card=1&info=0&logo=-1
Our College
At Aurora Boveridge College, we support young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who have additional social, emotional and mental health needs, by preparing them for adult life and facilitating their transition into further education, training or employment.
We offer both day services and residential placements, with varying levels of academic and therapeutic support to enable participation in study programmes and college activities.
Our Facilities
Aurora Boveridge College sits in 16 acres of listed gardens within a wider 50-acre campus, located near the village of Cranborne in the Dorset countryside.
Within the college buildings, students enjoy access to well-equipped classrooms, spacious communal rooms and a pastoral hub, as well as vocational areas including a digital studio, science lab and art and design base. Our extensive grounds include horticulture learning areas with large glasshouses, as well as motor vehicle workshops, an animal care unit and excellent sports facilities.
We also make use of local amenities including a cinema, theatre and leisure centre with a swimming pool, all located within a short drive from the college. Bournemouth, Poole and Salisbury are only 40 minutes away by car, with many leisure facilities on offer from the beach to shopping centres, restaurants and the beautiful historic Jurassic Coast. The market towns of Wimborne and Ringwood are approximately 14 miles away.
Our residential accommodation is both homely and welcoming. Each accommodation area comprises 7 or 8 individual bedrooms, some of which are en-suite, with communal areas for socialising. Shared laundry and cooking facilities are available.
Our Curriculum
We support each of our students to set and meet realistic goals for their own future, whether that is by working towards specific qualifications or vocational experience, or focusing on developing key life skills.
We offer a range of post-16 study programmes, including GCSE and A Level qualifications in selected subjects, as well as vocational qualifications in horticulture, motor vehicle mechanics, hospitality and tourism, IT and animal care.
Each study programme encompasses work-related learning, work experience, employability and independent living skills development, while our tutorial programme covers topics such as health and wellbeing, sex and relationships, cultural diversity and personal safety. We also work with a range of local, national and global businesses and agencies to offer excellent work-related learning experiences and work experience, providing meaningful employability opportunities for our students.
Therapeutic Support
Our multidisciplinary team delivers specialist on-site therapy including Occupational, Speech and Language, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Holistic Therapy. Therapists work both directly with our students and indirectly through teaching and support staff to meet individual needs.
Residential Support
For residential students, Aurora Boveridge offers an opportunity to develop independent living skills in a safe, supported environment.
Our accommodation is both homely and welcoming because we recognise that being away from home, especially for the first time, can be stressful for both our students and their families.
Each accommodation area comprises of 6, 7 or 8 individual bedrooms, some of which are en-suite, with communal areas for socialising. Shared laundry and cooking facilities are available. Residents are welcome to personalise their individual rooms with items from home to help them settle in.
Our Outcomes
We are proud to list evidence of the progress and performance of our students (for the previous academic year) below:
· 100% of students achieved GCSE Science Double Award with 43% achieving grade 4 or higher
· 100% of students achieved GCSE Biology with 83% of students achieving grade 4 or higher
· 100% of students achieved GCSE English Language with 83% achieving grade 4 or higher
· 100% of students who took GCSE Mathematics achieved grade 4
· 100% of students achieved GCSE Physics
· 100% of students achieved Level 3 Practical Horticultural Skills
· 100% of students achieved Level 1 Practical Horticultural Skills
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