Link Worker

Link Worker

40 hours per week for 37 weeks per year

Actual salary: £20,078.57 - £21,680.23 per annum

(starting salary will be subject to qualifications and experience)

After further completion of relevant RMT courses and increased length of service there is potential to earn up actual

Salary of £23,165 per annum

The post holder will work as a lead support for a named student with complex needs to offer specific and

specialist emotional, behavioural support and personal care, and to provide additional support for the day time

support team.

They will also ensure appropriate care and support of the student including medical needs, dietary needs and

personal care/hygiene. They must provide effective communication with colleagues and be able to keep accurate

records.

Our service is continually developing and we are always looking for committed individuals who feel they can help

us to achieve our aims. Individual development is given the highest priority together with the opportunity to

contribute to the ongoing development of a positive and progressive service. A Welsh speaker desirable but not

essential

In order to be successful in this role you will:

• Have a strong desire to support young people, have excellent observational skills, and the ability to problem
• solve and think creatively to enable our young people to reimagine their potential
• Be a patient, caring, compassionate with a young person-centred nature
• Demonstrate the ability to manage emotionally challenging situations, be a team player with experience of
• support work in both educational and residential settings
• Emotional intelligence and resilience with the ability to react calmly in stressful situations
• To meet regularly with the student and support worker if appropriate, throughout the day to provide
• additional emotional and behavioural support.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an

auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance

programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our

new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also

opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

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