Peripatetic LD Support Workers

About the Role

We are creating a small team of Peripatetic Learning Disability Support Workers who will cover all of our sites. Their role is to provide sessional cover for both planned and unplanned Staff absences at any of our sites. Our sessions encompass areas such as art and ceramics, catering, CAD, environmental studies, health & wellbeing, IT, gaming and coding, music, mechanics, performing arts, photography & film, sports and therapeutic exercise.

If you have an area of skill you could bring, that would be a great but it is not essential. All our LDSWs complete a range of specialist training in addition to their Health & Social Care core qualification. Opportunities for career progression at Journey allow Staff to either progress to team leadership and middle management roles or to specialize further within our Projects Team.

Our Projects are funded on short cycles, from 1 - 3 years, enabling us to provide innovation and extended opportunities.

• To ensure the Safeguarding of Clients within service at all times.
• To maintain safe working practices, ensuring Health & Safety at work both on site and within Journey’s outreach activities.
• To promote Journey’s mission and values and to commit to successful delivery of our five strategic priorities.
• To champion equality & diversity and inclusion for all.
• To observe all Journey’s policies and procedures.
• To ensure the standards of our work meet the requirements of service regulators and funders as directed by line managers.
• To attend Journey meetings and events as required; these may include occasional unsocial hours commitment.
• To commit to continuing professional development, attending any training identified by Journey.

Contracts are offered on a permanent basis. Employees are provided with 36 days leave/annum pro rata, a contributory pension scheme, a healthcare package, holiday buy-back scheme, length of service holiday accrual scheme, Cycle2

Work Scheme, Salary and a Journey promotional items welcome pack. Staff are also offered discounted lunches and free refreshments.

The Charity operates between 08.30 – 16.30 from Monday – Thursdays and 08.30 – 16.00 on Fridays. All Staff who work for six hours continuously must take half an hour for lunch daily.

• NVQ 2 or 3 Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards
• Current UK driving licence and access to suitable transportation for the role (or Access to Work within work transport package)

• English & Maths level 4/5
• Disability-specialist training e.g. positive behaviour support, person- centred practice, autism awareness, Makaton, BSL
• Recent Safeguarding Adults training
• D1 minibus licence & MiDAS or willingness to work towards
• Experience or skill in one of the areas set out in the Person Specification
• Experience or knowledge of working with vulnerable adults or young adults
• Experience working with partnerships within the community
• Confident IT skills i.e. Windows, Microsoft 365 (email, Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, Excel, Yammer, Teams) and Adobe, web Chat Forums, Video Conference Calling (Face Time, Zoom and MS Teams), social media (Facebook and Instagram) or willingness to train in these packages
• Experience volunteering or working with volunteers in the community