Part Time Learning Disability Skills Specialist 29.5 hours
What do we offer?
We welcome Staff from a wide range of backgrounds.
Whether you are experienced, starting your career, want to change careers or are returning to working life, Journey might just be for you.
We offer:
- A competitive salary
- 36 days' annual leave
- 1 additional days' leave (pro rata) for each completed year of service, up to 10 additional days
- Holiday buy-back scheme
- 'Gifted' additional holiday days over the Christmas period
- Benenden Healthcare (private diagnostic and therapies healthcare including counselling)
- Discounted meals and free refreshments at our sites
- Cycle2Work Scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Enhanced Training & Development Programme
- Journey 'swag bag' goodies pack
Bank Staff - work when you want to
We have a register of Bank Staff who are offered occasional work covering when we have planned or unplanned employee absences.
Bank Staff are paid at the same Spinal Points as our employees, accrue their pro rata paid allocation of Journey's leave entitlement, and also enjoy the benefits of discounted lunches and free refreshments on our sites.
Bank Staff choose if they want to work when work is offered.
If you would like to join our Bank Staff register please contact us.
Salary: £19,885
Experienced Learning Disability Skills practitioner, with background in delivering training sessions to small groups of adults required. This is a permanent, part-time post based at our Newcastle Hub. Sessions are delivered both on site and in the wider community.
The sessions are designed to teach independent living and employment skills, health & wellbeing management to adults with intellectual (learning) disability and are ASDAN accredited. These are adults with conditions from birth impacting cognitive development with high associated sensory and physical co-morbidity. Conditions such as Down's, Prader-Willi cerebral palsy, Sotos and Williams Syndromes.
Experience teaching or training small groups of adults with additional needs within community (not home-based) settings.
Experience delivering travel training sessions.
Experience of planning and delivering differentiation, and strong understanding of Easy Read format
Qualifications: training, coaching or teaching qualification (upper secondary, FE/Adult Ed)
Enhanced DBS with full barring check for Adult Services: on the update service Recent Safeguarding Adults Level 1 or 2 training
We will consider applicants from military backgrounds where a significant element of responsibilities has involved coaching or training groups of service personnel.
Please note that these roles are not suitable for workers from 'care' settings: we do not deliver any personal care, CQC-regulated services.
Please note that these roles are not suitable for teachers/TAs trained and working at primary or lower secondary level. We deliver Adult Services, the majority of our Clients within the 25 - 45 age range.
Opportunities for career progression at Journey allow Staff to either progress to team leadership and middle management roles or to specialize further within our Projects Team. Our Projects are funded on short cycles, from 1 - 3 years, enabling us to provide innovation and extended opportunities.
Contracts are offered on a permanent basis.
Employees are provided with 36 days leave/annum pro rata, a contributory pension scheme, a healthcare package, holiday buy-back scheme, length of service holiday accrual scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Salary and a Journey promotional items welcome pack. Staff are also offered discounted lunches and free refreshments.
Your professional development
Find out how Journey can help achieve your goals
Journey Enterprises provides services which support adults with a learning disability to develop life and work skills and to manage their health & wellbeing.
We do not provide any personal care services and are not a Care Quality Commission regulated service.
All Clients must be able to manage continence and medication to attend Day Service.
Clients are on site from 09 .30 to 15.30, giving front-line Staff an hour pre and post Clients for preparation, reporting and clearing/cleaning.
Training and Development
Journey's Training and Development programme enables all Staff to develop their skills and practice and progress in their career. The Charity has training agreements in place and can advise on additional funding and scholarships for wider course fees.
Supporting our staff
Journey holds Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer and Better Health at Work and Leaders Council of Great Britain quality marks.
Our Staff are managed in small teams led by a Manager. New members of Staff are assigned a buddy who will provide information, advice and informal support.
Every Staff member receives 3-4 support & supervision sessions and an annual appraisal each year from their Manager.
The Charity has a commissioned private healthcare programme including counselling. This service is available to its employees 24/7 and their immediate family members. Our Line Managers are trained in supporting mental health and the workplace, to identifying and supporting employee carers and colleagues with disabilities.
We provide Carers and Disability Leave.
Connecting with Colleagues
Journey works across four sites and in the community. Making sure Staff meet regularly and keep in touch is a priority.
Our Teams meet every month and Hub teams have daily handovers. Whole Company, Managers and Leadership Team meetings are held bi-monthly.
Two Away Days are held annually giving everyone a chance to meet together, undertake some professional development in a fun and informal setting and meet our Trustees.
Special events and productions give Colleagues and Clients the opportunity to meet and enjoy time with others. During 2023 we celebrated our 40th year and had a wonderful Gala evening and summer fete for all Staff/ and Clients.
365 - Outlook, Yammer and Teams are used daily to communicate across the Charity, share news and best practice, and to link Staff to additional resources. All Staff are asked to login at the start of each day both to Microsoft and to our CRM, Charitylog.
Working patterns
The Charity’s normal operations are 08.30 – 16.30 (Monday – Thursday) and 08.30 -16.00 on Fridays.
Some Staff have site-based roles, some combine community-based roles with site-based delivery and some undertake flexible working from home.
The Charity has a ratio of Staff working part-time and we can offer job share.
Occasionally staff are asked to undertake unsocial hours at weekends, early starts or evenings, for which Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) is given. For part-time staff agreed overtime may be paid in place of TOIL.
Pay and benefits
Our benefits package: competitive rates of pay, generous leave allowance, employer pension, sickness pay, private healthcare, Cycle2Work, annual leave buy-back, discounted meals and refreshments and a Journey swag-bag.
“There is a genuine feeling of dedication and commitment around fun and a ‘can-do’ attitude.” (feedback from Staff during IIP inspection)
Eligibility to work in Social Care Services
Under the Health & Social Care Act, all Social Care workers must be qualified to work with vulnerable adults and/or children. If you are applying to us to work as a Learning Disability Support Worker with our Clients you must already hold, or be prepared to work towards, your NVQ 2 in Health & Social Care. Our Seniors take Level 3 Health & Social Care. Managers of Health & Social Care Services must have a Level 5.
This applies to all Bank and Agency workers who wish to work at Journey.
Overseas Students currently studying in the UK
You must be fully qualified to work in Social Care and have relevant professional experience, ideally gained in Day Services. Journey Enterprises does not provide any personal care services but skills development (training) services for adults with learning disability.
Unless you are on a suitable Graduate Visa, we are not able to accept applications for permanent posts at Journey from overseas students on study visas. A student visa restricts the type of work and contract you can apply for. This excludes all permanent, full time posts.
We are not able to accept applications for more hours/week than your study visa permits. For a postgraduate this typically is no more than 20 hours/week across all jobs you are doing.
We must be able to verify your full background: education, qualifications and prior professional experience, in addition to completion of an enhanced DBS check.
