Children's Support Worker

Active Care Group Recruitment; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of complex care as a Support Worker, making a difference in the lives of children with autism and challenging behavior. This rewarding role involves providing essential support in family homes, ensuring high-quality, person-centered care. With excellent training and ongoing support, you will have the opportunity to develop your career while working flexible shifts that suit your lifestyle. A commitment to providing outstanding care is essential, and in return, you will be recognized for your contributions through various rewards and benefits. Embrace this chance to make a meaningful impact in the community.

Benefits

Excellent Induction Training

Ongoing support from Children's Care Managers

Monthly advance rotas

Paid DBS Check

Accrued holiday pay

Nest Personal Pension account

Active Awards programme

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Passion for working with children and providing person-centered care.
• Willingness to learn and develop professionally.

Responsibilities

• Support children with additional health needs in their family homes.
• Work flexible day and night shifts across care packages.

Skills

Experience with autism

Experience with challenging behaviour

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Person-centered care

Flexibility

Job description

Please note for genuine occupational requirements we require female support workers for this role.

Do you have previous experience with autism and challenging behaviour?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting children 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 within their family homes.

We'd like you to join us as a Support Worker to care for our growing CYP (children & young people) client base in Liverpool.

What you'll be doing:

We are expanding our children's care packages in the Liverpool area. Therefore, we are looking to grow our team.

This role is to work across children's packages of care in Liverpool. You must be flexible to work both day and night shifts, supporting children with additional health needs (mainly challenging behaviour) in their family homes.

We require candidates who have previous experience with autism and challenging behaviour.

Shifts:

• Must be flexible to work both day and waking night shifts
• Must be flexible to work across packages

What we can offer you:

• Excellent Induction Training
• Ongoing support from our Children's Care Managers
• Monthly advance rotas
• Paid DBS Check
• Accrued holiday pay
• 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

What we need from you:

• A passion for working with children
• Previous experience with autism and challenging behavior
• Have a genuine interest in providing the best person-centered care possible
• Willingness to learn and develop
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Maintain professional boundaries with the client and their family members, adhering to direction from the care manager as appropriate

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

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.