Job Detail

Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. Now in our 70^th year, our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social and green care integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life.

We operate in both rural and urban communities, building on our care (social) farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming, organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills, continues to play to our strengths.

We continue to support adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges to live their best, independent lives. By applying our core values to modern social care, we ensure that our provision remains relevant to supported people and social care commissioners today.

Our employee benefits:

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• 25 days paid annual leave plus statutory bank holidays. 
• For those employees who need to prioritise pay over annual leave, we give employees the option of “cashing in” one week of their annual leave to supplement their pay in January each year. 
• Company sick pay after 1 month starting at 4 weeks and increasing to 12 weeks with service. 
• Life Cover for all employees– which means that everyone’s family will receive a payment if a colleague sadly dies while working for the Trust (subject to the terms and conditions of the cover). 
• Pension scheme, we have the option for employees to increase their contribution to 10% and will receive a 6% contribution from the charity. 
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program with a 24/7 helpline for advice and support, including face-to-face counselling. 
• Employees and their family have access to preferential prices and discounts in store and online for a wide range of goods and services ranging from laptops and other electronic items, holidays, and cinema tickets and a points-based reward/cashback scheme. 
• Induction and training programme for new support workers with support to obtain qualifications relevant to their role. 
• Employees who introduce a friend to work with the charity receive a thank you of £250 through payroll, Terms & Conditions apply. 
• Chance to take part in the Health & Wellbeing Initiatives within the charity. 

• Your first responsibility will be to provide the people we support the opportunity to learn skills in such things as drama, music, arts and crafts including textile weaving, felt-making, needlecraft and pottery, social farming, running a cafe and food preparation.
• You’ll help support the individuals and workshops through effective planning, utilising, and developing existing skills, generation of creative ideas and being able to do so using a person- centred approach.
• You’ll adapt a creative, flexible way of working with the promotion of inclusion and individuality, and to celebrate achievement using a person-centred approach.
• You’ll be aware of your environment with due notice given to recycling, reduction of waste and ensuring equipment is both working safely and effectively.
• You may be required to perform duties other than those given in this job description. The specific duties and responsibilities may vary from time to time.
• Supporting within the guidance of health and safety, manual handling, accident reporting and fire regulations.
• Attending mandatory training and be willing to attend supervision, team meetings, events, festivals and other community events.
• Working alongside the extended community including care & support, office staff and management teams.

Are you creative? Would you enjoy teaching the people we support new skills?

We have an opening for you to join us as a Day Opportunities Support Worker at our Delrow community in Watford. If the following appeals, we’d love to hear from you:

• You will be creative and willing to learn new skills.
• You’ll have a fun but mature attitude.
• You’ll have a kind and considerate manner.
• You’ll enjoy working in a team but be confident in taking on personal responsibilities.
• You must be hardworking, have a flexible approach and willing attitude.

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Good level of standard education.
• Good IT knowledge.

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of creative and artistic techniques in such activities as drama, music, arts and crafts including textile weaving, felt-making, needlecraft and pottery.
• Proven ability to be honest, dependable and dedicated to your role.
• Ability to write in a legible manner, keep records and write clear accounts of your work/ incident reports etc.
• Empower others and help them achieve personal learning and development targets.
• Focused on results and quality.
• A calm, person orientated approach with a flexible mindset and the ability to take and give direction from and to others.
• Good social and oral communication skills.
• Able to motivate and organise self and others.
• Flexible, with good problem-solving skills.
• Resilient to changes and challenges.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching or delivering group activities.
• Previous experience of supporting vulnerable people, ideally with adults with learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
• Working knowledge of health & safety and first aid.