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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. Take a look at the video below to see why we do what we do

We have a fantastic centre here that has much more than your average day centre, including the following:

• Fully heated indoor swimming pool
• Gym with sprung flooring, used for dance sessions, trampoline sessions and many sensory sports activities
• Training kitchen where people we support can learn to cook
• Multi-sensory room
• Art room with pottery wheels and sewing, arts and crafts
• Café 55 where people we support get to eat a hot cooked lunch along with their staff member. This is 5 stars rated by the local authority
• Outdoor sensory garden with gazebos in the summer to relax under
• A local allotment nearby where we support people to grow organic vegetables
• A music suite where we have instruments and recording equipment

• Free cooked meal for lunch when supporting within the centre
• No weekend working currently
• 24 days of annual leave
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%
• Free life assurance policy
• Cashback and discounts on high street brands (and 10% off at Sense charity shops!)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Travel season ticket loans
• Enhanced sick pay
• Free DBS check if your role needs one
• A £350 refer-a-friend scheme
• Free access to over 100 online and face-to-face training courses, including the care certificate
• Ongoing development opportunities (such as our award winning Growing Stronger Leaders Together programme)

Sessions at the centre are tailor-made to suit individual or group needs.

This means that members of our team could be: 

• Supporting somebody out on a day trip one day and in the hydrotherapy pool the next.
• Other activities on offer to the people we support in Barnet include IT, basic literacy and numeracy, gardening, cooking, music activities, communication practice, work placements in local businesses, art activities, sensory environments and to access facilities in the local community
• Personal care and hygiene.
• Finances.
• Medication and wellbeing.
• Assist on trips into the community.

Everyone we support is an individual, so their care is as unique as they are.

Work with Sense and make a real difference to the lives of the people we support and their families.

You don’t need any previous experience to become a support worker with Sense. We’ll give you full training for our part time and full time roles.