Salary: £13.50

Closing Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026

Reference Code: PLRALJ1025

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Job Title: Team Leader/ (Practice Leader)

Hourly Rate: £13.50 

Sleep Rate: £55.35 Overtime Rate: +£2 on usual hourly rate

Hours: 30+ hours & possible sleep-in
Location: ​​Penzance

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​Due to our sponsorship obligations, we are unable to offer part-time hours to those requiring sponsorship

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Havencare is a forward-thinking and growing charity. We have been making a difference for 35+ years, changing the lives of people who have learning disabilities, autism, brain injuries, and other support needs.

At Havencare, first and foremost, we are looking for outstanding people who align with our values of Transparency, Quality and Engagement.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, resourceful and forward-thinking person and are excited for the opportunity for you to join our team, supporting Mr R in the Penzance area.

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About the Role ​

You will work on-shift, leading your team in outstanding practice. You will lead the principles of “nothing about me without me”, ensuring the supported person’s voice (behaviours, expressions, actions, words) is heard, and they are leading their support planning, delivery, and review.

To understand who Mr R is, his needs and what he requires from his support. Please review the link for Support Worker for more information about Mr R.

Understand and role model all criteria of a support worker role. Please review the link for Support Worker role brief.

You will be confident to manage rotas that ensure high-quality person-centred support in the most efficient way. Be actively involved in recruiting, responsible for retaining, developing, supervising and appraising a team.

Promote a positive workplace culture, be curious, compassionately challenge and influence the engagement of the team. Taking time to understand the team and their wellbeing. You will coach the team that will drive quality in all areas.

Facilitate regular team meetings and attending professional meetings to inform changes and quality of delivery.

Audits and review of daily recordings, oversight of finances and track outcomes. Deliver quality review of support plans and risk assessments, considering positive risk taking to develop skills and meaningful experiences. Enable the people we support to direct their own lives by promoting opportunity, choice, and control regardless of capacity.

Understand CQC regulation and current social care legislation.

This role requires an understanding of supporting a person in distress. Being curious and non-judgemental to focus more on why something happened opposed to what happened through ‘off-loading’ and reflecting on practice and incidents to identify trends and ensure actions for improvement.

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About You

• Hold a clean and full UK driver’s license (manual)
• Previous experience of a supervisory role
• Have good IT skills and to navigate systems used to their full efficiency
• A confident leader from the front, back and centre of their team, depending on circumstances.
• Able to investigate, hear all perspectives, analyse information, and develop and adapt ways of working.
• Thrive on working closely with family, wider networks, and your colleagues, collaborating and coproducing with the expertise of others to enable a holistic, truly person-led service.
• Having similar interests as MR R would be ideal or someone wanting to learn about his interests.
• He prefers to work with males but open to females, someone a few years older than him in their 30’s.
• A calm-natured, patient and good-humored person with an awareness of your emotional resilience
• You will need to be confident working alone, be consistent, comfortable to explore what he is communicating and ensuring good communication with your colleagues and family.

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About the working pattern

• ​This post is currently under review and will be discussed at interview
• This will be 30+ hours with possible sleep overs

• As a flexible employer we are open to discussing what work patterns are mutually beneficial to meet the requirements of Mr R
• You will adapt your w...

Early Years Support Assistant

Job Description

Job Description:   Early Years Support Assistant

Status and hours:   Part time

Responsible to:

Lead Support Assistant; Head of Junior School

Job Purpose:

The assistant will work collaboratively as a member of the early years team, assisting in
meeting the educational, care and welfare needs of all children. They will provide support
and assistance in the day-to-day operations of the Nursery.

Duties:

The assistant will:

•  provide support to early years staff and children in all learning environments e.g.
supporting all aspects of early learning and development including early language,
mathematics, health and well-being, lunch routines and other general early years
activities
support children in the playrooms and throughout the learning environment through
organised activities, providing support, assistance and encouragement to help each
individual child achieve the best learning and development outcomes possible
•  assist in the provision of a high level of individual and personal care to very young

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children e.g. feeding, toileting, changing, dressing, applying medical aids

•  assist in the provision of a high level of individual and personal care to children with
additional support needs e.g. feeding, toileting, changing, dressing, applying medical
aids

•  maintain health and safety record checks
•  manage food organisation, duties and dishes
•  assist in providing relevant information through record keeping
•  work as part of the school/early years staff team, ensuring the ongoing health, safety

and welfare of the children

•  provide comfort and care for minor accidents, upsets or ailments e.g. cuts and bruises

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(reporting to early years staff if considered serious)
follow standard procedures for risk assessment within and out with the playrooms
environment when required

•  organise and gather related materials for individual and group learning and

development opportunities as directed by EYPs

•  play an active role across a wide range of activities in helping to set up and supervise
activities e.g. in child support, encouraging self organisation by children and providing
assistance when necessary

•  provide emotional support and reassurance and assisting children in developing their
social skills with early years staff and peers to encourage interaction, trust and self
confidence in the setting

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•  assist early years staff in observing and monitoring child behaviour supportively to
encourage self-reliance, positive behaviour and resolution of their own difficulties
with others, devising intervention methods if necessary which are fair and appropriate
in accordance to school policies

•  assist the early years staff with the day-to-day implementation of the individual

child’s plan, bring individual needs to the attention of the staff

•  clean playrooms and equipment when required with other early years staff; e.g.

contents of cupboards, play resources, display materials

•  occasionally deal with bodily fluidschanging and cleaning children as required
•  help supervise the outdoor area in all weathers
•  participate in appropriate professional staff development opportunities, in service,

refresher training as deemed appropriate

Knowledge and Skills

•  There is a requirement to be registered with SSSC
•  Good basic education and standard of Maths and English to SQA standard grade level or

equivalent, or previous relevant experience
•  Good communication skills – verbal and written
•  Good planning and organisational skills
•  Be child focused and have ability to acquire and apply the necessary knowledge within
the setting about the learning and care needs of all children 2-5 years including those
with additional support needs.

Training

•  Complete Food Hygiene course
•  Be pediatric First Aid trained

Health and Safety

All members of staff are required to take care of their personal health and safety and that of
others who may be affected by their actions or inactions. You are therefore required to carry
out your duties in a safe manner in accordance with instructions and in compliance with
safety rules/procedures, regulations and codes of practice. You are required to advise your
line manager if you become aware of any unsafe practice or condition or if you have any
other safety concerns and should comply with accident and near miss reporting procedures.

Additional duties at the discretion of the Senior Leadership Team:

Additional duties may be required from time to time to ensure the safe and smooth
functioning of the school.

Support for Hamilton College:

•  Work alongside colleagues to ensure the Hamilton College ethos is fulfilled
•  Ensure the Nursery is kept tidy and well maintained on a daily basis
•  Develop effective working relationships with colleagues and parents
•  Contribute to the maintenance of pupils' safety and security
•  Respect the confidential nature of the work being undertaken and any know...

Desirable

A willingness to support and contribute to
the ethos of Hamilton College.

Paediatric First Aid certificate/qualification.
Willingness to undertake paediatric First Aid
training.
Food Hygiene Course. Willingness to
complete Food Hygiene Course.
Have relevant experience having worked
within child focused setting.

Person Specification

Early Years Support Assistant (part time)

Experience/work-based knowledge and
qualifications:

Essential

To be registered with SSSC

Good basic education and standard of Maths
and English to SQA standard grade level or
equivalent, or previous relevant experience

Be child focused and have ability to acquire
and apply the necessary knowledge within
the setting about the learning and care
needs of all children 2-5 years including
those with additional support needs.

Good communication skills.

PVG clearance to work with children.

Adherence to GDPR and Data Protection
Regulations – maintain confidentiality.
Good planning and organisational skills

Flexible in approach to work.

Ability to build rapport with, staff, learners,
parents and guests.
Calmness.

Core Competence:

Personal attributes:

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Empathetic

Approachable, tactful and discreet.

Reliable.

Initiative.

Supportive.

Maintain confidentiality.

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Supported Internship Job Coach - York

• Job Category
• Children Services | Support, Advice and Guidance
• Location
• Yorkshire, United Kingdom
• Salary
• £25,062 - £30,917 per annum
• Closing date
• 28/01/2026
• Ref
• 27859
• Contract type
• Permanent
• Total hours per week
• 37.5
• Description
• “Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

  At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

  For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

  Purpose

  To support interns on Prospects Supported Internships to progress in their work placements and make successful transitions into paid employment. To provide training and support for business partners and families, to ensure success during the workplace placements and to seek out job opportunities both within and outside of the host employers.

  Download the Job Description for full details.

  Location:

  You will be based in York

  Employee Benefits

  As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

  • 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
  • 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
  • An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
  • Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
  • Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
  • Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
  • Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
  • Opportunity to request flexible working from day one
  Our Strategy

  To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here:

  https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

  Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

  In addition;

  • We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
  • We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
  • Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

  We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

  If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact:

  Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.