Overview
Male BSL Community Support Worker (11 hours) – Permanent – Part Time
ID: 286338
Job Specialism: Operations – Midlands
Location: Kidderminster
Salary: £13.49 per hour
Closing Date: Monday, 8th September 2025
Do you have a few hours each week to positively impact someone’s life?
We are currently seeking a BSL Communicator Guide (Community Support Worker) to join our fantastic team to take on this rewarding opportunity.
In this role, you will support 2 Male individuals and support them in engaging in activities they enjoy and create meaningful experiences. Your responsibilities may include accompanying them on food shopping trips, attending medical appointments, and participating in social and leisure activities such as bowling, swimming, and visiting the park. Additionally, you will support the individual in making their own choices and deciding how they want to spend their day.
Coseley (5 hours per week)- Supporting an individual with Usher syndrome in accessing the community for social and leisure activities. To be considered for this role, you must have a BSL Level 3 qualification or equivalent to effectively communicate with the individual through BSL and hands-on signing.
Kidderminster (6 hours per week)- Supporting an individual who is profoundly deaf and his communication method is SSE (Sign Supported English).
Requirements for this role:
- A BSL Level 3 qualification or an equivalent to effectively communicate through BSL and hands-on signing.
- A full UK driving licence and business insurance and must be willing to drive your own vehicle (Mileage paid 0.45 pence per mile).
- Experience in Care and/or being confident working in a lone working setting.
Working at Sense gives you a wide range of benefits including:
- 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
- Free DBS Check
- On-going development opportunities
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
- Employee referral scheme
- Health and well-being support
- Pension Scheme
- Discount scheme
About Sense
We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
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 415 6735 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/
Precise Location: Community Based Midlands, , Kidderminster, Various Counties, DY10 1DD, United Kingdom
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