Support worker- intervenor

Are you looking for a role where you can make a real and lasting difference?

At Sense, we don't just provide care, we champion independence, and we're looking for an Intervenor to join our South West Intervenor Service in Exeter, Devon, offering £14.35 per hour. The role is permanent at 17 hours per week, across two weekdays and one evening.

As an Intervenor, you'll provide one-to-one support to adults who are congenitally deafblind, deaf and/or blind; acting as an enabler, promoting independence, and facilitating communication with the world around them. You'll work across a range of settings including being mainly based in the community, peoples' own homes, a community centre or vocational environments.

A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle with business insurance applied are essential for this role (mileage reimbursed).

In this role, you'll be

Providing one-to-one support tailored to each person's needs

Supporting people to access their communities and take part in activities

Encouraging independence and helping people to develop their social networks

Advocating for the people you support and contributing to their person-centred plans

The role may also involve elements of personal care and supporting people through behaviours that can sometimes challenge, so a calm, patient, and resilient approach is important.

To be successful in this role, you'll need to

Be warm, reliable, and consistent

Be comfortable working across a variety of settings and with different people, and available across the required shift pattern

Be confident in using your intitiative for lone working and work well as part of a team

Have good communication skills, both written and verbal

Be willing to complete Sense's Intervenor training within your first six months

If not known, be willing to work towards becoming confident in British Sign Language Level 1+

A full job description is attached at the bottom of this advert.

About Sense

Sense is a leading disability charity, here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Together, we drive change, building a future where everyone has the power, choice and control to live the lives we choose.

We’re proud to be a Disability confident leader and a charity where people can grow their skills and careers in a supportive, flexible environment.

Benefits

24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service

Matched pension contributions up to 5%.

Free life assurance

Cashback and discounts on high street brands (including 10% off Sense shops)

Travel season ticket loans

Enhanced sick pay

Free DBS check (if required)

£350 refer-a-friend scheme

Access to 100+ online and face-to-face training courses (including the Care Certificate)

Free access to the Wisdom wellbeing app

If you’re looking for a role that’s active, meaningful, and full of heart; we’d love to welcome you to the team.

To apply

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please

any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 393 4529 or recruitment@sense.org.uk

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

For more information please visit

https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/

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About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.