The Orpheus Centre is a charity and college which supports young disabled adults aged 18-25 to learn essential life skills, gain formal qualifications and prepare for future employment.
All young people who come to Orpheus have a love of the arts and are able to experience music, dance, drama, music technology and visual arts during their time at the college.
It is a place to nurture creative talents, experience the professional arts world and in doing so, build confidence and self-esteem, and have a greater sense of wellbeing, identity, and purpose.
Here at Orpheus, we know the arts have the power to benefit and enhance lives and support the students to be the best they can be, both in the workplace and in their future lives.
We are currently seeking to appoint a Support Worker (nights) at our SEN College.
As a support worker you will be responsible for supporting our young people by providing physical and emotional care. This involves working as part of a team to maintain a stable, happy and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of our young people first. A support worker may be required to work in any part of the establishment and do other shifts as the service requires.
As a full time Support Worker (nights) you will follow a regular two-week shift pattern of 40 hours per week made up of 3x 12-hour nights shifts (7pm - 7am) and 1x 4-hour shift (times to be agreed to fit within the business need) / 52 weeks per year.
Excellent benefits include (but not limited to) 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, enhanced employer pension contributions, Employment Assistant Program (EAP), paid days off for dependants, bereavement leave, death in service, free staff lunches and training and development opportunities.
Please note that all our staff need to be physically fit and robust enough to support our wide range of learners with complex needs, including those learners who require personal care and manual handling.
Good level of Maths, English and IT skills
Experience of supporting young people or adults with learning difficulties and/or disabilities
Have an understanding of the range of different types of learning difficulties and disabilities
Willingness to maintain and update personal specialist skills and knowledge through engaging with appropriate professional development activities and training
Good computer literacy and administrative skills
Innovative and creative
Ability to work well in a team and foster good relationships within a multidisciplinary work force.
Must have the ability to communicate effectively with other professionals, colleagues, students and families/carers.
Orpheus is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all service users. As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, online searches will form part of this process. We are committed to the promotion of equal opportunities.
This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with vulnerable adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Support Worker job description May 2025.The Orpheus Centre is proud to be a disability confident employer.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure as required in consultation with the applicant to ensure no-one is disadvantaged because of their disability. If a disabled person is selected for a position, reasonable adjustments will be made to the workplace, including premises and equipment, work duties and practices or policies, as appropriate. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are:
Challenging attitudes towards disability
Increasing understanding of disability
Removing barriers to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions
Ensuring that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspiration
No agencies please.