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Make a real difference in people's lives - and let us make a real difference to your life and career.City of Chelmsford Mencap is an independent charity that supports people affected by learning disability across mid-Essex. It provides lifelong learning, social opportunities, work experience, advocacy and information.
Summary of the Role
The Support Lead plays a key hands-on role in delivering high-quality, person-centred support within the Outreach Academy, CCM’s lifelong learning service. They help coordinate daily activities, promote independence and wellbeing, and ensure service users experience meaningful learning in a safe, inclusive, and empowering environment.
The Support Lead works closely with the Senior Support Leads to implement care plans, support learning sessions, uphold safeguarding responsibilities, and model best practice based on key social care values. They guide and assist specialist support workers, tutors, volunteers, and work placement students during sessions, helping to create a positive and enriched learning experience for all participants.
Key Social Care Values and Approaches Required
The Support Lead must demonstrate understanding and use of:
- Person-centred thinking, planning and co-production
- Strengths-based and outcomes-focused practice
- Active Support approaches
- Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
- Making Safeguarding Personal
- Supported decision-making and the relevant legislation
- Trauma-informed approaches
- Accessible communication methods (e.g., visual supports, Makaton, easy-read)
- Dignity in Care and principles of respect, choice, independence and inclusion
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting Daily Operations
- Direct Support and Person-Centred Practice
- Guiding and Supporting Staff, Students & Volunteers
- Communication and Partnership Working
- Safeguarding, Safety and Risk Management
- Record-Keeping and Administration
- Quality, Reflection and Development
Initial interviews will be held in the week commencing 12th January
Please complete and email the application form contained in the supporting documents
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of Autistic young people? Do you believe in the power of education to transform lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you at The Rise School in Feltham!
The Rise School, rated ‘Good' by Ofsted, supports autistic pupils aged 4–18. At full capacity, 130 young people learn with us across primary and secondary phases. Our mission is simple: to ensure every pupil is seen, valued and celebrated for who they are.
We are looking for an enthusiastic English Intervention Teaching and Learning Assistant, with a strong focus on developing reading and comprehension skills, to help our learners thrive.
Make a difference every day
As part of our intervention team, you will work closely with small groups of pupils, helping them build essential reading and literacy skills. Your sessions will empower learners to connect with language, understand the world around them and grow in independence.
Using a Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) approach, you'll create calm, structured and motivating spaces where pupils feel safe, confident and ready to learn. With the guidance of our teachers and curriculum leads, you'll deliver targeted interventions that help students close the gap between their starting points and age-related expectations in English.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who believes in autistic young people, who values inclusive practice, and who wants to develop their expertise within a supportive, skilled and highly committed team.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to and champion the vision and values of our school community.
- Lead English intervention sessions for small groups of pupils with identified learning needs.
- Plan, deliver and evaluate high-quality teaching and learning activities, supported by the Class Teacher, Department Lead and Assessment & Curriculum Lead.
- Provide behavioural and learning support using a Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) approach.
- Actively develop your understanding of effective pedagogy, including:
- Teacher-talk and instructional clarity
- Skilled questioning and dialogue
- Formative assessment
- Modelling and scaffolding learning
Why join us?
- We are committed to CPD, where you can access a wide range of training and development opportunities to support your personal and professional development
- We offer a wide range of wellbeing activities including yoga, cooking classes and zumba
- Competitive annual salary and pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family and personal life
- Free Perkbox subscription offering benefits of particular services at reduced costs
Closing Date: Sunday 5th January 2026
Shortlisting Date: Monday 6th January 2026
Interview Date: week beginning Monday 12th January 2026
Ambitious about Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age.
Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team for accommodations. We recognise disability as a physical or mental impairment that significantly and long-term affects a person's ability to perform day-to-day activities, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010. All applications will be considered solely on merit, aligned with our mission to support autistic children and young people.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
We stand with autistic children and young people, champion their rights and create opportunities.
Thank you!
We're looking for a organised, proactive and resilient Referral and Operational Development Manager to join our Complex Specialist Services.
£44,000.00 per annum, working 35 hours per week.
Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
Our benefits include:
* Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
* Free DBS
* Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
* Fully paid induction programme and further training
* ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
* Online wellbeing resources
* A generous pension - we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
* Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
The Referral and Operational Development Manager will play a pivotal role in supporting the Managing Director with new business development, coordinating and managing referrals, assessments, tenancies and transitions for our customers with learning disabilities and autism.
The working pattern for this role is:Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
What you'll do:
Referral & Assessment Coordination
* Monitor and respond to referrals from external sources and direct contacts.
* Maintain a current tracking system for referral clarity and produce regular reports.
* Analyse referral data to identify local commissioning needs and growth opportunities.
* Work with managers on person-centered assessments covering care needs, environmental suitability, risk management, and transition planning.
* Complete and submit needs assessments with costings and support package requirements.
* Coordinate the assessment process and internal referral meetings.
* Develop a responsive referral and assessment pathway aligned with best practice.
* Act as the first point of contact for stakeholders ensuring timely and responsive communication.
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
About you:
* Strong understanding of the learning disability and autism sector, including CQC regulations.
* Proven ability to build professional relationships with stakeholders.
* Strong understanding of sector
* Ability to manage staff effectively
What you'll bring:
Essential:
* Experience in assessments, referrals, and placement coordination within supported living or health and social care settings.
* Knowledge of brokerage, purchasing systems, and commissioning portals.
* Ability to write reports for the senior management team
* Understanding of residential and supported living service models.
* Familiarity with funding processes and financial negotiations.
* Experience of working with costing models for placement pricing
* Experience of managing staff and services in social care or health
Desirable:
* Knowledge of how local authorities, councils and ICBs commission and agree services.
* Experience with Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and trauma-informed practice.
* Understanding of complex needs, forensic histories, and dual diagnoses.
About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 100 services, providing support to thousands of customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness and complex needs, young people and care leavers and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
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