Education Support Worker - Reed : Job Details

Are you looking for a role to make a real difference in the lives of young people? If you're patient, resilient, and ready to empower others, we want to hear from you!

• Job Title: Support Worker
• Annual Salary: £23,207.85–£25,309.13/year
• Location: Dorset
• Hours: 12-hour shifts (8am–8pm), 3–4 days/week incl. alternate weekends
• Job Type: Permanent | Term Time Only

Join a lovely team at an Education group, where we support young people aged 16-25 with additional social, emotional, and mental health needs. We are dedicated to preparing them for adult life and facilitating their transition into further education, training, or employment.

No experience is needed, and increased rates are offered for those with experience.

Day-to-day of the role of a Support Worker:

• Following a handover from our night team, you will support our students with their morning routines, ensuring they are ready for their day at college using verbal and visual prompts as needed.
• At college, you will work alongside our teachers and teaching assistants to help students stay concentrated and focused on their work, providing emotional support as required.
• Serve as a key liaison for parents and carers, ensuring all health/medical appointments are attended.
• After college, assist students in preparing for dinner through prompting and motivating, rather than doing.
• In the evening, participate in activities that the students are interested in, helping them develop their independent living skills.

Required Skills & Qualifications Support Worker role:

• Willingness to Participate: Candidates should be eager to engage actively and creatively in meeting the needs of our young people.
• Development of Independence Skills: Ability to support and develop independence skills such as budgeting, shopping, cooking, housekeeping, as well as accessing the wider community and using public transport.
• Positive Encouragement: Skills in prompting and encouraging in a positive manner while providing social/emotional behavioural support.
• Understanding of Good Care: Strong understanding of what constitutes "good care," putting the young person’s needs first while empowering them to be independent.
• Transportation: Due to our rural location, access to transport and a driver's licence is essential.
• Age Requirement: All applicants must be 21 years of age or over, given the age of our students.

Benefits working with our client

• Comprehensive Training: Full training provided with opportunities to study for a Level 3 diploma in Health and Social Care (fully funded by us) and a CPD pathway for career progression.
• Perks of Appreciation: Enjoy little perks such as chocolates, food, tea & coffee pods, and Christmas hampers.
• Well-being Support: Access to well-being checks with our Mental First Aiders & Well-being Champions.
• Supportive Management: Full management support to help you succeed in your role.
• Financial and Health Benefits:
• Life assurance.
• Enhanced pension scheme starting from October.
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio, and many more.
• Employee Assistance Programme: Available to support your overall well-being.
• Additional Perks:
• Perkbox subscription offering high street discounts.
• Car lease scheme.
• Bike to work scheme.

If this role sounds like you and you enjoy working in a forward-thinking, friendly, fast-paced, changing environment with state-of-the-art facilities, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please submit your CV by clicking "Apply now!".

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

We appreciate your interest in working with Reed Further Education and hope to hear from you soon.