Senior support worker
- Based in Yeovil
- Full time or part time hours
- Must have experience working with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
- Starting at £11 p/ hour
An amazing opportunity to work in an independent college based in Yeovil. It has 2 sites across 40 acres of beautiful countryside. You will be supporting young people and adults, between the age of 16 - 25, that have autism with additional learning needs and associated complex behaviours. The college offers incredible opportunities for students preparing for adulthood, a mixture of artistic activities and sensory lessons and animal therapy all designed to apply to their needs.
You will be offering support to activities both indoors and outdoors; including animal care to therapy animals. A creative, therapeutic approach is brought to the college, the pastoral lead is looking for a kind, patient candidate that can bring maturity to the role. You will work in an exquisite environment, supporting young people with community activities like horse riding, swimming, cinema, pantomimes, beach visits which enrich the young people's wellbeing and community access. You will also support the young people with placement assistance and enrichment to ensure they have a wealth of opportunities for the future. Personal care will also be required.
Long - Term teachers are looking for a Teaching Assistant who shares the colleges vision, who is passionate about education and committed to fostering independence and a passion for lifelong learning. Working as part of a committed team, we need someone who can cater for the diverse needs of our students.
You don't need any special qualifications for this role, but you do need to share our passion to help young people be the very best they can be.Seeking career development and training looking to develop expertise in special educational needs and Autism. The college also offers a Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification - *FREE*
You will be directly employed by the college within a full time, permanent position, working Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30am - 4:30pm.
We are looking for Support Workers that are:
- Passionate about improving the lives of others
- A positive and consistent role model to others
- Innovative, engaging enthusiastic and inspirational
- A calm and listening person with a mature, supportive approach
- An excellent communicator and team player
- Seeking career development and training
Working with Long Term Teachers:
We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.
LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.
Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.
We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.