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Temporary Educational Support Worker
Reference no: Sheffield 0009 77FC / 1
Pay Rate: up to £14.79 per hour PAYE depending on experience
37 Monday – Friday, 08:30 - 16:30
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: SHEFFIELD
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
Provide support to young people with High Needs by removing barriers to learning in order to promote effective participation. Facilitate the delivery of education programmes to small groups and individuals under the direction of tutors/ managers. Ensure that learners are kept safe at all times.
Be responsible for ensuring that work undertaken within the service area is conducted in line with statutory regulations and within the Service Area, Directorate and wider Council guidance and best practice.
Key responsibilities:
Contributing to the identification of the support needs of young people with High Needs
Being a key worker for learners as directed by appropriate managers, ensuring barriers to accessing learning are addressed including supporting bursary applications
Contributing to the speedy and effective transfer of information between services, settings and families
Undertaking initial, formative and summative assessments, developing personalised materials and strategies
Participate in accreditation processes as appropriate to the learners under the direction of managers / tutors
Work closely with others to achieve a full and shared understanding of the needs of individual young people and contribute to target setting as part of the EHC process
Providing personal care, first aid and medication as appropriate
Ensuring all safeguarding and health and safety processes and protocols are in place, adhering to LLS and policies and OFSTED requirements
Develop and maintain appropriate mentoring relationships with young people and those engaged with them
Offering peer mentoring and support to other members of the team
Qualifications:
A good level of education with a minimum A*-C in Maths and English
A recognised qualification in support work (or equivalent certification)
Experience:
Experience in working with people with learning difficulties
Skills & Abilities:
The ability to recognise and respond to the needs of individuals, liaising with teaching and support staff to ensure individual support needs are met and adhered to.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
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Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Sheffield 0009 77FC / 1
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