Job Description

Education Support Worker

Sheffield

Are you passionate about supporting young people and making a real difference in their lives? Do you have experience working with young learners with High Needs and want to help remove barriers to their education? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

The Details:

• Contract: Initially a 4-month contract, with the possibility of extension.
• Location: Sheffield - Full-time, on-site.
• Hours: Full-time

Key Responsibilities:

• Support Young Learners: Assist young people with High Needs, helping them access learning by removing barriers and promoting participation.
• Ensure Safety: Keep learners safe at all times, adhering to safeguarding protocols, health and safety standards, and relevant regulations.
• Personalised Support: Contribute to identifying the needs of learners and assist with individual assessments, creating tailored learning strategies.
• Key Worker Role: Act as a key worker for learners, addressing their specific challenges, supporting bursary applications, and facilitating communication between services, families, and settings.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Assessing Needs & Progress: Assist in identifying and assessing the support needs of young people with High Needs, ensuring that they receive personalised support.
• Support Safeguarding & Health: Ensure all safeguarding processes, health and safety protocols, and OFSTED requirements are adhered to at all times.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Work closely with other team members, managers, and families to ensure a coordinated approach to supporting learners.
• Provide Personal Care & First Aid: When required, provide personal care, first aid, and medication support in line with our policies and procedures.

What We're Looking For:

• A dedicated, compassionate individual with experience supporting young people, particularly those with High Needs.
• Someone who can think creatively to develop solutions that help students overcome challenges to learning.
• A strong communicator who is capable of working collaboratively within a team, while also being able to provide individual, one-to-one support.
• Ideally, you will have experience working within education or a similar support role, but training will be provided for the right candidate.

As part of our team, you'll have the chance to make a real impact on young people's futures, contributing to their educational journey and personal development.

How to Apply:

Please contact Care on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

Benefits of working for Care Solutions:

• A specialist, dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact
• Exceptional referral bonuses
• An extensive & exclusive range of Social Work vacancies across the UK
• Nationwide provider Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities.
• DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge.

Note: Do you know someone who is looking for work in this field? If so, please pass these details on to them. If we are able to place them into work such as this, lasting over 13 weeks, we will happily pay you a 250 referral bonus