Sports and Fitness Support Worker

Working hours

24 hours per week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Location

Share Vauxhall

Reports to

Community Food Hub Manager

Contact email

hradmin@sharecommunity.org.uk

Contact telephone number

020 7924 2949

Do you want to support an inclusive sports and fitness programme? We are looking for an energetic Sports and Fitness Support worker to working with our Vauxhall team to support the delivery of our Sports and Fitness sessions.

Share is a registered charity and a centre for training and wellbeing. Weprovidea range of programmes empowering adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, and adults with other support needs to live happier, healthier, and more independent lives. Our vision is a world where disabled people are fully included in society, living the life they choose, and we need talented people to help us make that happen.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is passionate about sport and physical activity, enjoys working with people and wants to make a positive difference to the lives of adults with a learning disability or autistic adults.

Main responsibilities

• Work flexibly to support our students to participate in sports and fitness activities.
• Identify students who require one-to-one assistance or who have more complex needs and provide person-centred support.
• Lead smaller groups and plan and deliver free-time activities.
• Create resources to support individual students’ unique styles of learning.

About you

• Paid or unpaid experience of working within social care and providing services directly to adults with learning disabilities and autism.
• Experience supporting or delivering inclusive sport and fitness activities.
• Patient, supportive and empowering, with close attention to student wellbeing.
• Above all, you share our strong commitment to the inclusion of disabled people in society and believe in equality for all.

Why work for us?

Share is committed to empowering disabled adults. You’ll make a difference every day, helping people to live as independently as possible.

Our values drive us forward. They provide the framework for everything we do, including who we hire. We believe everyone has somethingto offer others, and we build on people'sindividual talents, interests and abilities. We think happy employees are successful employees.

We hold a goldInvestors in Peopleaccreditation, whichmeans we truly understand the value of people: we focus on what people can do, not what holds them back. And we have robust policies in place so that every single person working at Share takes ownership for making our programmes come to life.

We’ve been praised for our supportive working environment where everyone has a voice and is valued. You’ll be surrounded by people who support you, challenge you, and inspire you.

We actively encourage applications from people from minoritised ethnic communities and with lived experience of a learning disability and/or autism. This is because we believe our staff should reflect the diversity of our student body wherever possible in order to provide the best possible service.

We focus on ability and believe people work best when they feel valued, safe and happy. We do all that we can to make sure that Share is friendly and welcoming to everyone. All CVs and applications are sanitised to ensure unbiased recruitment.

This job is subject to two satisfactory references, evidence of qualifications, an enhanced DBS check and providing evidence of the right to work in the UK. If you are disabled and would like to discuss other ways of submitting your application, please contact us on 020 7924 2949.

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We look forward to receiving your application.