Children's Support Worker

Active Care Group Recruitment; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading provider in complex care is seeking a part-time Children's Support Worker in Eastbourne to provide assistance for young clients with complex health needs. This role requires a passion for working with children, flexibility, and good communication skills, offering extensive training and a caring environment.

Benefits

Accrued holiday pay

Flexible zero hours contract

Join the Active Learning Hub for e-learning

Nest Personal Pension account

Active Awards programme

Refer a Friend Scheme up to £1,500

Qualifications

• Flexibility and reliability are essential.
• Good communication skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Support two young children with complex health needs.
• Work across packages of care in Eastbourne and Hailsham.
• Participate in full training and ongoing support.

Skills

Passion for working with young people

Kind and caring nature

Flexibility & reliability

Good communication skills

Job description

Are you looking for a part time role?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting two young children with complex health needs in their family homes?

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care.

Within the Care in the Home division, we support children and young people 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 clients in Eastbourne.

When you'll be working:

• Regular shifts with our client in Eastbourne (35 hours worth of shifts split between you and our other team member)
• Shifts we provide are:Mon-Fri evenings (4pm-8pm), Saturday and Sunday days (Sats 8am-3pm / Sun 9am-4pm)
• Plus bank cover for our other client in Hailsham when the regular team member is off. 06.30-08.00 Mon-Fri Term time, Mon & Thurs 15.30-18.30, Saturdays 09.30-18.00
• All of the above hours are term time and can change in school holiday time, so flexibility is required.
  

What you'll be doing:

This role is to work across our two children's packages of care in Eastbourne and Hailsham. Our young clients have complex health needs and live at home with their familiies.

Full training, shadow shifts and ongoing support will be provided.

What you'll have:

• Passion for working with young people
• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility & reliability
• Good communication skills

What to look forward to:

• up to £12.50 per hour (depending on experience)
• Full specialist training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the Clinical 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 £1,500 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

Active Care Group are an equal opportunities employer however for genuine occupational requirements we require female support workers for this client.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability committed employer.