Fantastic opportunity to support an individual with sensory impairments in their day to day working life.

Support Worker / Admin Assistant - Sensory Impairments
Sidcup / Maidstone
Temporary to Permanent - 41 hours per week including travel
£9.00 - £11.00 per hour


Organisation / Company:
Established in the 1930s this organisation has a fantastic reputation. It was set up to support individuals who are living with sensory impairments and has been a pioneer in providing support primarily to individuals who are blind. The company operate nationally but are looking for a support worker to work with a member of staff based in their Maidstone office.

Role:
You will be required to support a member of staff who has sensory impairments with their day to day work tasks including but not limited to:

* Assisting them with their commute to and from work from their home in Sidcup to the office in Maidstone (using your personal car)
* Provide orientation and sighted guide in unfamiliar environments
* Assisting with personal needs such as finding lunch and refreshments and guiding with preparing hot drinks.
* Providing exercise for Guide Dog
* You may also be required to drive to training courses and activities away from the office
* Responsible for reading printed documents and typing documents to be electronically accessible, note taking during phone conversation calls and putting information into databases.
* Visual assistance with documents, tabulating letters, printing documents on letter heads, filling forms and other paperwork, develop Power Point Presentations. To locate information from a variety of sources, including the internet.
* Attending meetings and take notes
* Assisting in preparing meeting rooms, describing layout and who is in the room, identifying emergency exits and identifying trip hazards
* Creating documents: Scanning printed documents and making them accessible - to include assistance in making them accessible to a Braille Embosser (braille printer). Will work using the accessible document creating guide to produce documents accessible either electronically or in Braille depending on what the situation requires


Skills / Experience required:

* You will need to have a flexible and compassionate approach to work
* You will need to be comfortable working around dogs
* It is advantageous that you have supported individuals with sensory impairments in a previous role.
* You will have key administration skills and knowledge of Microsoft office packages such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
* You must be a driver and have your own vehicle
* You will be subject to employment and background checks
* Ideally living close to the Sidcup area due to the commute assistance

Benefits:

* Competitive hourly pay rate available
* Mileage expenses will be paid
* 41 hours paid per week typically based on a 3 day working week but will need the flexibility to work a 5 day week when required.
* This is a temporary to permanent position and all being well you would transfer to a permanent contract paying between £20,000 - £21,000 per annum
* DBS support if you are not on the update service
* Access to online training courses
* Opportunity to work with other Hays clients on an adhoc basis


What you need to do now
If you are an experienced support worker with key administration abilities or an Administrator with a compassionate personality and are interested in this role click 'apply now' or forward an up to date copy of your CV to Maria or call 01622 235689 .
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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