BSL Communicator Guide (BSL/Driver essential)

Could you be a Sense Community Support Worker?

We now have a fantastic opportunity for a BSL Communicator Guide (Community Support Worker) to join our team in West Midlands.

This is a permanent role, working 15 hours per week looking after 2 individuals from the following locations: Oldbury (5 hours) and Walsall (10 hours).

This is a fun and rewarding opportunity to support the individuals who have Deafblindness to access the community for social and leisure purposes. A BSL Level 3 qualification is required as a minimum to communicate with them.

You will be supporting both people to participate in activities they enjoy and have meaningful experiences. You will support them to make their own choices of how they want to spend their day, but a typical day in this role might be spent:

• One individual volunteers at a Café
• Attending appointments
• Shopping online or in-store
• Social & Leisure Activities

The duties are varied and no two days will be the same. The people we support are individuals and they are all treated as such.

Does this sound right for you?

Working at Sense gives you a wide range of benefits including:

• 24 days holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Free DBS Check
• Free access to over 100 online and face to face training including the care certificate
• On-going development opportunities
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Employee referral scheme
• Health and well-being support
• Pension Scheme
• Discount scheme
• Headspace App- free access for all employees to mindfulness application

Your duties can include:

• To support individuals / groups within the centre and community.
• To provide a customised, responsive and high quality service to people with multiple sensory impairments, physical and/or learning disabilities who use Sense services.
• To deliver services which meet or exceed organisational expectations and standards.

Your required skills and experiences:

• You require a full UK license and must be willing to drive your own vehicle (Mileage paid 0.45 pence per mile).
• A minimum of a Level 3 British Sign Language (BSL) qualification is required.
• Experience in Care and being confident working in a lone working setting is essential.

Why work for Sense?

Sense is a national disability charity supporting everyone who is deafblind or has complex disabilities. We believe everyone should be able to take part in life, no matter their disability.

Our work empowers thousands of people who are deafblind or have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfill their potential.

Work at Sense can be demanding and so isn’t for everyone, but it is also incredibly rewarding and valuable.

Ready to make a difference?

To apply

Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 393 4529 or recruitment@sense.org.uk

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone’s contribution is valued and we ensure they’re given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/