Student Support Worker

Capability Scotland; Inchinnan; On-site; GBP 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization in Inchinnan is seeking Student Support Workers to provide essential care and support to students with a range of disabilities. This full-time role (35 hours/week) offers varied daily responsibilities, including assisting with learning activities and personal care. Candidates should be confident and caring, with experience in support roles. A generous salary of £22,994.10 per annum and comprehensive training will be provided.

Benefits

Generous salary of £22,994.10 per annum

Fully funded SVQ qualification

32 days' holidays per year

Free PVG checks

Up to 8% company pension contribution

Cycle to work scheme

24/7 employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people or adults with additional support needs.
• Ability to provide personal and intimate care as required.
• Willingness to undertake training in medication, epilepsy management, and other care needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to students with various learning needs.
• Assist in the delivery of teaching and learning.
• Help students with daily activities and personal care.

Skills

Experience in care and support

Ability to support individuals with learning programmes

Confident and caring demeanor

Job description

Do you have experience in care and support? Looking for a change, and interested in being part of something new and exciting?

Role: Student Support Worker

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location: Corseford College, Inchinnan, PA4 9LH

Corseford College is seeking to appoint a team of student support workers who will provide care and support to students. The support you will provide is essential to ensuring our students can access their learning program.

The role of a Student Support Worker will vary, meaning no two days will be the same. From supporting the delivery of teaching, and learning as well as helping to support individuals with learning programmes and learning materials appropriate to the needs of the students.

Students at Corseford College will have a range of care and support needs. The needs of the students vary, some will be identified as having severe or profound multiple learning disabilities. They may also have physical and sensory impairments or a range of communication difficulties. Our students will have a range of support needs including in some cases requiring a high level of personal and intimate care needs which need to be met. This might include, administering medication, epilepsy management, gastrostomy feeding, moving and assisting and mealtime assistance. Full training and support will be provided to enable you to take on these roles.

Corseford College is Scotland’s first specialist college providing post-school education to this cohort. The college is aimed at Young People who have left or are leaving school with complex learning disabilities, aged 18-25. The college has been developed around the idea of enabling young people to continue to learn and engage in their education journey as they enter the adult world.

The college is developed around eight underpinning principles:

• Being Aspirational for all our students
• Treat each student as unique, supporting them to find pathways to learn and develop as individuals
• Provide students with a curriculum to enable them to develop their skills and successfully transition into adulthood
• Ensure lifelong learning and education are accessible to all
• Equip students to make choices about their lifelong learning pathway
• Recognise and build on prior learning and achievements
• A provision that is based on innovative and progressive teaching methods
• Support student learning using assistive technology

Our ideal candidates will be confident, ambitious, and caring people with experience in working with young people or adults with additional support needs. We are excited to hear from interested individuals from a range of backgrounds.

We are looking for three Student Support Workers to work on a full‑time basis (35 hours per week) over 51 weeks. However, part‑time arrangements can also be discussed.

This job is located in Inchinnan.

Capability Scotland’s benefits:

• A generous salary of £22,994.10 per annum (prorated) / £12.60 per hour
• To help you achieve this qualification, we offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• Most services offer, set 2, 3, 4 and 6 weeks rolling or monthly rotas so you always know when you are working and can plan life outside of work.
• 32 days' holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

Applying now!

For more information on this role, you can contact Marilyn on 07971719734 using reference CS080126.

Please note that we are unable to offer skilled worker visa sponsorship for these roles

We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

General Information

Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.

Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.

***Please note that our vacancies do not qualify for Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship, if you require this to commit to this role long term, please do not apply. If we are in a position to offer sponsorship in the future our adverts will be updated to reflect this***

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