Permanent
Full Time 37 hours per week
This is an enjoyable and rewarding position for someone who is caring and dedicated to making a difference to the lives of children and their families.
This is a countywide service, and we welcome applicants from across Devon.
The Multi-Sensory Impairment Service are seeking a flexible and enthusiastic individual who has a passion for working with children.
We work directly with children and young people who have a dual sensory loss and have had a deafblind assessment as requiring one to one support.
Our support covers three main areas:
We are looking to recruit to our team to provide support for children and young people both in their education setting and in a social capacity, supporting them to access to a wide range of activities. As a service we aim to provide consistency for the young people we support and work closely with other professionals to provide this. We cover a variety of sessions including; school day, evenings, weekends and school holidays.
The role of an MSW will include supporting our children and young people in all aspects of daily living. Many of our Children and young people have additional needs beyond their deafblind status and a caring nature, respecting the privacy and dignity while delivering personal care and medication is essential.
The children and young people you support may be based in various locations across the county, so we welcome applications from candidates throughout Devon. We will aim to keep travel to a minimum for you.
About you
We are always interested in people who have current relevant qualifications such as British Sign Language however, we will support you in your on-going development within the role, providing comprehensive training with a child centred approach. You will support children to reach agreed personal goals and outcomes through engaging them to make choices and decisions.
Additional informationThe salary range for this role is £22,777 to £24,496 per annum
Attracting enhanced rates of pay for weekend working, hourly rate £17.38 rising to £19.05 for Saturdays and £23.18 rising to £52.40 for Sundays and bank holidays.
Devon County CouncilWe offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of young people and their families in Devon.
As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:
DBS informationThis post requires a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 15th June 2023.
If you think that you have these qualities and are interested in joining our team, we would love to hear from you. For an informal chat please contact Jo Thomas, on 07973 843816
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