About the Client
The client is a community organisation providing help and support to people who want to make positive life changes. They are a leading provider of high-quality programmes and services for people with a diverse range of needs and barriers and furthest removed from the labour market.
About the Job Role
The job role involves providing specialist disability support to young people who require assistance whilst participating on various programmes, including Skills for Life and Work, Training for Success, and Apprenticeships NI Programme. The successful candidate will also be required to undertake administrative duties to ensure accurate records of support are kept.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Provide direct one-to-one and group-based disability support to an agreed schedule of activities.
* Support the tutor by delivering the appropriate disability specialist learning support for the participant.
* Assist the DSS Co-ordinator with the monitoring and evidencing of progress against Performance Targets set.
* Stimulate and promote effective learner-centred independent learning strategies for the young person to enable them to participate and heighten their motivation and self-esteem.
* Maintain accurate and timely records that support effective ongoing monitoring and review of own support provided.
General Duties
* Adhere to the Group's 'Code of Conduct' maintaining confidentiality, professionalism, and quality standards across all work practices and interactions.
* Perform job duties in compliance with the Group's policies and procedures to include adherence to equal opportunities, health and safety legislation, and data protection requirements.
* Demonstrate commitment to the Group through the completion of all tasks allocated by attending staff and development opportunities.
Person Specification
Skills and Competencies Qualifications and Experience
Competencies: Knowledge of directly supporting people with disabilities within an employment, education, or employment & training setting (D) Educated to NVQ Level 2 or equivalent, including Maths and English
The ability to work with a wide cross-section of participants with varying levels of support needs (D) Proven experience of working with young people across a wide cross-section of varying levels of needs, enabling them to identify their own goals and the ability to progress them (E)
Highly competent in using ICT with excellent working knowledge of MS Office Suite to include Share Point, Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point (E) Good IT skills - to present data using Microsoft packages or suitable alternative (E)