Communicator Guide

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Job description

Reference number: 46451

Location: Coventry

Salary: £9.26 per hour/ £18,060 FTE

Hours: 19 hours per week

Closing date: Wednesday 8 December 2021

Interview date: As suitable applications are received

Contract type: Permanent

Job advert:

Could you be a Sense Communicator Guide?

Sense are looking for a passionate and motivated person to join us as a Communicator Guide in Coventry.

This is a permanent, part-time role, working 19 hours per week. Your shifts will include working on Weekdays and Saturdays.

This is a rewarding opportunity to support an individual who is congenitally Deafblind and who uses tactile communication methods, including Deafblind manual and some hands-on signing.

As a Communicator Guide, you will be providing communication support as well as supporting the individual in the community to access activities like local leisure, social clubs, shopping, going out for meals. You will also support the individual with activities that are important for them, such as visiting the local animal shelter.

The duties are varied and no two days will be the same. The people we support are individuals and they are all treated as such.

Does this sound right for you?

Working at Sense gives you a wide range of benefits including:

24 days' holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
Free DBS Check
Free leadership and management development (such as our award winning Growing Stronger Leaders Together programme)
Free access to over 100 online and face to face training including the care certificate.
On-going development opportunities
Flexible working and family friendly policies
Employee referral scheme
Health and well-being support
Pension Scheme
Discount scheme

Your duties can include:

To support individuals / groups within the home, centre and community.
To provide a customised, responsive and high quality service to people with multiple sensory impairments, physical and/or learning disabilities who use Sense services.
To deliver services which meet or exceed organisational expectations and standards.
Full job specification is attached below.

Your required skills and experiences:

You require a full UK license and must be willing/able to drive.
Experience of supporting deafblind individuals is essential.
Knowledge of communicating with deafblind manual and block letters is essential.
Knowledge of or qualification in British Sign Language or similar is desirable ( BSL / Makaton etc.)
You don't need to have previous experience in this field, nor do you need qualifications - we're happy to work with you to help you become an excellent support worker.
Full person specification is attached below.

About Sense

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

Work at Sense can be demanding and so isn't for everyone, but it is also incredibly rewarding and valuable. Take a look at the video below to see why we do what we do.

To apply section:

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on or

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. We value everyone's contribution and ensure people are given the opportunity to realise their potential. We will promote equality and diversity in all that we do and the work we do in partnership with others. For more information please visit:

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