Residential Support Worker - Lingfield, Surrey

£12.70 to £13.26 per hour (DOE and Quals)

Term-Time only (39 weeks per year)

Full-time and Part-time available

(Some weekends available)

Would you like to represent St Piers, an incredible place for children and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities to thrive?

About The Job

As a Residential Support Worker, you will have the opportunity to not only connect and positively influence the lives of young people, but also as a platform to build a career for yourself that offers continuous development, qualifications and job security. As a Residential Support Worker, you'll play your part in helping our children and young adults achieve, succeed and develop specifically in their residential setting.

• You will work part of a team to help to create a safe and caring atmosphere in which growth and independence are fostered.
• To assist with all aspects of personal care and daily living skills in accordance with individual support needs.
• Undertaking the role of a Support Worker for a specified number of young people, with special responsibility to ensure a consistency of the support provided.
• To lead and participate in various recreational, educational and social activities.
• To attend meetings, in conjunction with the line manager, with both educational, care, therapy and medical staff concerning students.
• Assisting with assessing, planning and reviewing children/young people's progress.
• Attending other appropriate in-service training as required by a Support Worker.
• Ensuring all relevant information relating to the children/young person (e.g., concerning behaviour, personal development, medical incidents etc.) is relayed to appropriate staff members and recorded in accordance with Young Epilepsy's policy and procedures.

About You

Experience is not essential; we look for people who share the same great qualities as our existing Student Support Workers. Some of those things include:

• Are you passionate about supporting students?
• Will you strive for the best possible outcomes for the people you support?
• Are you creative with new ideas to stimulate students?
• Can you be adaptable to changing priorities and working flexibly?
• Can you demonstrate good initiative when dealing with challenging situations?
• Are you an engaging communicator, both verbally and in writing?
• Are you always looking for development opportunities to enhance your ability?

Does this sound like you? If so, we would love to discuss your next career move.

More about St Piers

St Piers sits in the Education Directorate of Young Epilepsy, the leading national charity working exclusively to improve the lives of children and young people with epilepsy or associated conditions. We are a non-maintained residential special school for 4-25-year-olds, and we are an innovative and creative School and College for students with SEND, and a large percentage of our cohort have Epilepsy, autism, and severe learning difficulties, along with communication difficulties.

St Piers provides a variety of interactive and inclusive environments, both indoors and outdoors, that support the pursuit of ambitions and aspirations through a range of exciting and creative spaces. Our students are at the heart of the learning experience by providing an environment where everyone