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Residential Support Worker in a Special Needs School

Reed
Posted 10 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 8AG, England

Salary

£21,000 - £25,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.

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  • The job offers a salary ranging from £21,000 to £22,000 and requires a minimum of one year of experience working in care or schools in the UK.
  • Candidates must have the right to work in the UK, as no sponsorship is provided, and should have prior experience working with children or young adults with special needs.
  • The position involves alternating weekly shifts, with early shifts totaling 45 hours and late shifts totaling 32 hours.
  • Main duties include assisting with daily needs, motivating pupils, managing behavior plans, and providing personal care when necessary.
  • Interested applicants are encouraged to apply immediately, as interviews are taking place right away.

Salary: £21000 - £22000

Hours: Alternating weekly early and late shifts.

Early shift (45 hours) Monday 8am-4pm, Tuesday 7am-5pm, Wednesday - Friday 7am-4pm.

Late shift (32 hours) Mon-Thurs 2:30pm-10:30pm

Start date: Jan 2025

Requirements:

  • Minimum one year of experience working in Care or School in the UK
  • Right To Work in the UK (NO SPONSORSHIP provided)
  • Prior experience working with children or young adults with Special Needs
  • Ability to manage Challenging Behaviour
  • A commitment to safeguarding children and young people
  • Comfortable with performing Personal Care activites when required.

Main Duties

  • Assist in the 24 hour day-to-day needs of the pupils, school and residential accommodation.
  • Motivate and encourage pupil(s) as required by providing levels of individual attention, reassurance and help with living and learning tasks as appropriate to pupils’ needs.
  • Follow behavior management plans or other specific strategies as directed, consistently and effectively in line with agreed policy.
  • Take responsibility for the personal care of designated pupils.
  • To also assist in the school
  • modify or adapt the activities as agreed with the teacher to achieve the intended learning outcomes.
  • Help make appropriate resources to support the pupils and prepare work and activities in advance of the lesson e.g. making books, labels, signs and undertake practical tasks to maintain a good standard of classroom appearance.
  • Provide general clerical and administrative support, e.g. administer coursework, produce worksheets for agreed activities using ICT where appropriate.

If interested, Kindly apply to the job advert. Interviews taking place immidiately!

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.