Student Support Worker; Harrow

Reed Further Education are a leading recruitment agency working with colleges, prisons, universities, and training providers across the UK. We are looking for an experienced English Lecturer for one of the north west’s leading further education colleges.

Student Support Worker

Harrow

£16+ per hour

Full time Monday - Friday

Job PurposeTo attend to the personal/hygiene needs of the students. Promoting the independence of students.

Working with individuals with complex needs including epilepsy, dysphagia, anaphylaxis, some of which are wheelchair users

Support Workers will be expected to be flexible in undertaking the duties and responsibilities attached to their post and may be asked to perform other duties.

Key Responsibilities:

• To maintain and develop high standards of personal care under the direction of the identified line management structure within the college.
• To assist with the supervision and feeding of students (including individual feeding programmes of students) during the lunchtime period.
• To act as an escort to students on educational visits.
• To attend to the personal care/hygiene needs of students (this includes daily washing and the sluicing of soiled clothing).
• To maintain students’ independence and respect at all times.
• To liaise with home in order to ensure all necessary resources are supplied e.g., hygiene pads / sanitary wipes.
• The post holder will be working in a school environment and may be required to escort students on educational visits/activities.

Requirements (Essential)

• Relevant experience of working with young people in a school or similar setting.
• Experience of working with children/young adults with a range of disabilities.
• The ability to undertake personal care/hygiene tasks with young people.
• The ability to maintain accurate records and give clear information when asked by parents/carers/service users.
• Training in personal care, manual handling, medication management and administration, emergency medication (epi-pen, buccal midazolam, asthma inhaler etc), gastrostomy tube care and management (PEG)
• DBS on the update service
• Immediately availability to start work 4-5 days per week

Reed Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by undergoing a 2 year’s employment check and a DBS Application, completing mandatory training within 6 weeks of your first assignment and annually thereafter.

Benefits of working for Reed Further Education/our client:

• Professional Development
• Exclusive representation to leading FE colleges, prisons, and training providers in the area
• A specialist further education consultant who will search for jobs on your behalf
• A Health Cash Plan and Reed Discount Club
• Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Parental Leave and Antenatal/Pre-Adoption Appointment Payment
• Access to Training and Development - Reed Assessment Centre - Reed Learning.
• Great referral bonus’
• Access to roles throughout the UK and online/remote learning

To apply for this role, please send us your updated CV by clicking 'Apply Now'. Your application should demonstrate your passion for employment l support and your commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of potentially vulnerable adults.

Not looking for support roles? We are also registering tutors, assessors and technicians through to other FE positions including HR, finance, facilities, administrators. We also have a specialist team of interim and senior management consultants with over 20 years’ experience in the sector.