Childrens Support Worker
Job ID
28871
Job Type
Contract
Location
Salary
Are you looking for part time work, for early mornings (7am-9am) and afternoons (2.30pm-6.30pm)?
Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a young child with complex health needs to get to and from school, and supporting in their family home?
Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care.
Within the Care in the Home division, we support children with complex health needs to live at home with their families.
We'd like you to join us as a Children’s Support Worker with our young client in Crawley.
Meet the Client:
I would like to progress with my walking, becoming more independent. I would also like to work on my communication skills, with Makaton to allow me to communicate my wants and needs to others, and to socialize.
When you'll be working:
- Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays
- Mornings before school (7am-9am), Afternoons after school (2.30pm-6.30pm)
- (In school holidays hours will change to 11am-5pm)
- Alternate Sundays (10am-6pm)
- 18-26 hours a week
- Part Time
What you'll be doing:
This role is to support a 4 year old little boy with complex health needs, in his family home and escorting him to and from school. There will be a morning shift, in which you would get him ready for school and take him to school. Then there would be an afternoon shift, in which you would collect him from school and take him home and then support him in the family home.
You would be supporting this young client with all his needs; including washing, dressing, toileting, medication, moving and handling support and managing clinical equipment.
Full training, shadow shifts and ongoing support will be provided.
What you'll have:
- Kind and caring nature
- Flexibility & reliability
- Good communication skills
What to look forward to:
- 11.50 - 13.50 per hour (depending on experience)
- Full specialist training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the Care Manager provided
- Accrued holiday pay
- Regular consistent work with rolling rotas
- Flexible zero hours contract
- Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
- A Nest Personal Pension account
- We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
- Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 by recommending someone you know
- ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group