Bank Student Support Worker South West and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

Bank Student Support Worker (Manchester) | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

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South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust

Choices College is a national Specialist Post-16 College providing a person-centred, Supported Internship to young adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Through the Internship, 16–24-year-olds gain work experience, develop independence skills and increase their employability.

We are looking for candidates in the following 5 localities:

The role of a Student Support Worker is to support our interns on a one to one basis within a workplace setting to enable them to reach their full potential

Due to the bespoke nature of this project we cannot accurately predict the number of hours support the interns will need, and the level of support may fluctuate across the academic year. For these reasons we cannot guarantee the number of hours offered. This is a 0 hour contract.

These posts are therefore only suited to applicants that do not require guaranteed full time hours and are able to be flexible on the hours worked, and areas worked within a local geographical area.

The post holder will be a confident communicator with learners who have a range of learning disabilities and have recent experience in supporting the education of interns with SEN in the classroom.

A passion for supporting interns with SEN to meet their full potential is essential for this role.

The vacancy requires working at various sites in each locality area.

The Student Support Workers main duties will include attending work placements with the interns to support and develop their learning and embedding of work based tasks. Maintaining weekly detailed individual records for each intern that meet inspection requirements.

A passion for supporting interns with SEN to meet their full potential is essential for this role.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Managing the day to day delivery of 121 support for an intern with autism or learning disability difficulty or Disability
• Delivering high quality Systematic Instruction based learning.
• Supporting work based mentors to support the intern.
• The interpretation of sensitive information supporting a very anxious intern to learn to work
• Assisting in the development of bespoke learning
• Reporting and communicating information effectively and efficiently to the area manager and mentor.

Choices College is a Specialist College and is funded by the Department of Education. We are proud to belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

The ethos of the college aligns to South West London’s and St Georges Mental Health Trust. We are rated good by Ofsted.

SWLSTG have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.

We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our interns on their journey.

We are looking for candidates in the following areas:

• Sheffield
  - St Mary's Church & Community Centre, Bramall Ln, Highfield, Sheffield S2 4QZ
• Manchester
  - Redbank House, 4 St.Chad’s Street, Manchester, M8 8QA
  or Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 0JR
• London– Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG
  or St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH
• Hampshire
  - Cosham Baptist Church, 8 Havant Rd, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 2QZ
  or Freemantle Community Centre, Randolph Street, Southampton, SO15 3HE

The Student Support Worker will:

• Provide targeted support to SEN interns on a 1:1 basis in the classroom and placement
• Work on differentiated activities with individual interns
• Consider the learning support involved, toaidthe intern to learn as effectively as possible both in group situations and individually
• Support the development of social/emotional skills of the interns
• Working closely with the Area…