Children's Support Worker - Evenings

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

Job summary

A leading health care provider is seeking a compassionate Children's Support Worker to support a 3-year-old boy with complex health needs in his family home during evening hours. The role involves personal care, clinical care, and physiotherapy, with full training provided. Candidates should be drivers, proactive, and interested in child development, ensuring the child's comfort and well-being.

Benefits

Full specialist training and ongoing support

Accrued holiday pay

Flexible zero hours contract

Active Learning Hub for training opportunities

Nest Personal Pension account

Active Awards programme for recognition

Refer a Friend Scheme for additional earnings

Qualifications

• Must be a driver with a car.
• Experience or interest in child development.
• Proactive and able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Support a 3-year-old boy with complex needs in his family home.
• Assist with personal care, moving and handling, and clinical care.
• Conduct physiotherapy tasks as required.

Skills

Support for children with complex health needs

Interest in child development

Ability to take initiative

Independence

Job description

Are you looking for part time work (25 hours a week), for Monday-Friday evenings (5pm-10pm)?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a little boy with complex health needs in his 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 at our young clients home in Lower Beeding.

Due to the rural location of our clients home, you must be a driver with a car.

Meet the Client:

Our client is a 3 year old little boy, who lives at home with him mum, dad and siblings. Our client is a wheelchair user and needs support with moving and handling, has scoliosis, is tube fed via gastrostomy, is non-verbal, has poor eyesight and has learning difficulties. You will need to interpret his needs via body language and emotion.

Our client is a happy little boy who loves cuddles and needs reassurance. He enjoys engagement with switch toys and loves spending time with his family and siblings.

When you'll be working:

• Monday-Friday (5pm-10pm)
• Part Time - 25 hours a week

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support a 3 year old little boy with complex health needs in his family home, on weekday evenings. This will involve supporting with personal care, moving and handling and clinical care. You will also be required to do physio with him. Full training, shadow shifts and ongoing support will be provided.

We are looking for candidates who have an interest in child development, and the ability to take initiative and be proactive and work independently.

What to look forward to:

• Up to 13.50 per hour
• 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.