All Locations
Mid Essex - Chelmsford
Position
Sensory - Guide
Salary Details:
£12.90 per hour
Vacancy Type
Permanent
Sensory

About The Role

Salary: £12.90 per hour plus 45p per mile travel
Location: Location for role - Clacton/Colchester
Hours: 10-15 hours per week. Three days per week, including Monday & Friday - within office hours.  
Contract: Permanent

 

Are you looking for a role that will make a help maintain someone's independence and make real difference to their life?

ECL Sensory Service are seeking caring people to join their team of Communicator Guides whose role is to support people with sight, hearing and dual sensory loss in the community.

The role:

  • Working with people who have sight, hearing or dual sensory impairments.
  • Supporting people to maintain independence, access services such as health appointments and improve quality of life.
  • 1-1 support in the community across Essex and in hospital appointments across the region.
  • Activities could include assisting with a shopping, finance or correspondence, accessing sports and leisure facilities or hospital appointments.

About You

To be considered as Sensory Support worker you need:
  • To have previous care experience (paid or unpaid)
    • A full driving licence.
    • Access to a car to travel and transport customers.
    • To be a confident driver.
    • To be able to work on your own initiative out in the community as well as be able to fit in as part of an expanding team.
    • Enjoy working with people and are keen to enable independence.
    • Undertake induction training and Communicator Guide training.
    • British Sign Language (BSL) skills and/or qualifications would be advantageous to your application.
    • Commit to working a minimum of 3 days per week, including Monday & Friday 
What we can offer you as Sensory Support worker:
  • 45p paid per mile tax-free
  • Up to 32 days annual leave a year (inclusive of bank holidays)
  • Fully paid induction and training with ongoing support
  • Career development opportunities with access to paid for qualifications
  • Annual salary reviews
  • Annual performance-related bonus
  • Enhanced DBS and renewals paid for by ECL
  • Company pension - Enhanced contributory NEST scheme - we contribute up to 6%
  • Healthcare support scheme via Healthshield paid for by ECL
  • Employee Loyalty Scheme with long service awards
  • Employee referral program - £350 for referring a friend
  • Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7
  • Access to Blue Light Card
  • Mental health first aiders in every service
  • Reimbursement of professional membership related to your role
Take the next step in your career and become part of the ECL team
 
ECL reserve the right to close this vacancy early depending on application numbers

 

About Us

At ECL, we offer care and support to thousands of people to live safely and independently within their own homes and local communities in South East England. We provide high quality social care services in Essex, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and West Sussex aimed at wellbeing, prevention and increasing independence.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitable candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident scheme which helps to employ, support and promote disabled people in the workplace.

We have a written policy on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders, which is available to view here.

 Please note that while ECL does hold a visa sponsor licence, we do not currently accept direct applications from candidates requiring visa sponsorship. Instead, we work with a designated third-party provider to support sponsorship arrangements. Therefore, applicants who do not already have the right to work in the UK and/or require visa sponsorship to continue working in the UK cannot be considered for this role through direct application.

 
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