All About The Role
Your role will be to support adults with learning disabilities to develop new skills, including woodwork and gardening, while helping them achieve their individual goals in a positive and social environment. You will play a key part in building their confidence and promoting independence.
You will assist in planning and delivering a range of activities both within our hub and out in the community, including:
- Sessions at the allotment
- Collecting pallets and delivering kindling
- Supporting woodwork and craft activities
- Providing personal care
- Communicating with families and other professionals involved in individuals’ care
- Using IT systems to update records and complete training
All About Our Team
The Industrial hub currently has a staff team of 6 and 28 supported people. We are an active, enthusiastic team who like to motivate the people we support.
All About You
- Are you a Kind, Caring, patient & respectful individual?
- Do you have an understanding and experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities?
- Are you happy to help with personal care respecting an individual’s dignity?
- Can you work well in a team and use your own initiative?
- Have you held a full UK driving licence for a minimum of 2 years? Driving will be involved using the hub’s vehicles.
- Do you have basic IT skills and strong communication abilities?
All About Our Benefits
We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme.
- Access to a range of benefits via our Employee Benefits Platform, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes
- Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata)
- Access to car lease scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to our equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards
All About Our Commitments
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.
We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are disabled and require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact pccrecruitment@peterborough.gov.uk we will work with you to meet your needs.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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