All about the Role

We're looking for someone energetic, kind, and enthusiastic to join our team working with adults who have learning disabilities at our Day Opportunities service in Bretton. Your job will be to support people to build confidence, learn new skills, and enjoy their day. You'll help them take part in fun and meaningful activities and support them to be as independent as possible. You'll help plan and run activities both at the centre and out in the community. These might include:

• Cooking, music, arts and crafts
• Sports and fitness activities like boxing, cycling, and sailing

You'll support people by encouraging independence, listening to what they want, and making sure they feel respected and included.

All about our Team

Forward Steps is a friendly day service based at The Kingfisher Centre in Bretton. We support people during the day to: try new things, build independence and confidence, make friends and have fun. People usually take part in activities in small groups, based on their interests and goals.

All about You

You don't need to know everything already, but it's important that you: are caring, patient, and respectful; understand that people with learning disabilities and autism may need different types of support; are happy to help with personal care when needed; can work well as part of a team or on your own; have the right to work in the UK. You should also: feel confident talking to people and working with different professionals; be able to use a computer for basic tasks like writing notes; be willing to help people use our transport; use your initiative and stay calm in different situations. Most importantly, you should enjoy helping others, have a positive attitude, and be willing to learn.

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
• Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata)
• Access to car lease scheme
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension
• Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Paid volunteering hours each year
• 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. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Appointment to this post will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.