"I can honestly say I don't think I'd be the person I am today if I hadn't worked at LinkAble. I would 100% recommend it as a place to work. It’s incredibly fulfilling and you will learn so many new skills.
I really don’t think there are many places where you will get an experience like you do working at LinkAble".
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We currently have a vacancy for a Group Leader.
LinkAble is a Woking based charity that supports people with a learning disability and autistic people to create the life they want to live. Each year, we provide over 300 children, young people, and adults access to a wide range of activities that develop skills, confidence, and lasting friendships.
Group Leader (Afterschool Club)
£14.29 an hour, Part-time in Woking.
Job role
Working with the After School Manager to lead and manage a team. You will assist in delivering a wide range of activities for children and young people with additional needs. Ensuring a fun, stimulating and safe environment for attendees at all times.
Key responsibilities
As part of the leadership team for the group you will:
- Liase with the Deputy Group Leader to ensure the effective, efficient delivery and overall management of the group
- Carry out briefings or debriefs
- Ensure that all offsite trips have been carefully planned and properly executed. Including regular head counts and registers throughout the day.
- Support the staff to deliver a fun, stimulating and safe environment for service users at all times.
- Supervise staff to support and enable service users to develop their independence, appropriate to each individual, whilst supporting participation within a group setting
- Supervise and coach staff and volunteers to work with children with a range of needs and behaviours.
- Carry out 1:1 meetings with staff to support their development
- Encourage staff to share tips on how to support individual service users
- Update individual service user profiles with any developmental or behaviour changes
- Be responsible for reporting or supporting staff to report any safeguarding issues or concerns to the appropriate
- Line Manager, Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), LADO, CSPA or CEO
- Fill any open spaces to those on the waiting list
- Take photos during the sessions to support with marketing and fundraising
- Read, share with staff and follow any risk assessments for the session
- Complete declarations and on the day risk assessment sheets
- Ensure all staff, volunteers and visitors are signed in and out of the register
- Complete any incident and accident forms and report these back to parents and carers at the end of the session
- Set up and encourage all service users to take part in the planned activities
- Sign in, check and administer any required medication
- Ensure outside checklists, cleaning checklists and end of day checklists are completed each day.
- Remind and support staff with the completion of their timesheets to ensure these have been given to the service manager by the 6 of each month.
- Ensure that all staff have given their service users their snacks and drinks throughout the day
- Group leader to start cleaning/ tidying before the end of the day and encourage service users to join in.
The set working hours for this role are:
Monday - Thursday
- 2.30pm - 7.45pm on Mondays
- 2:30pm - 6:45pm Tuesdays to Thursdays
Expected hours: No less than 18 per week
About you
- GCSE or equivalent (required)
- Experience: supporting children with SEND/Learning Disabilities: 1 year (required)
- Licence/Certification: Driving Licence (preferred)
