Children's Support Worker - Evenings

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

Job summary

A leading provider of complex care is looking for a part-time Children’s Support Worker to assist a 3-year-old boy with complex health needs in his home. You will provide personal care, moving and handling assistance, and clinical care during weekday evenings, with support and training provided.

Benefits

Full specialist training and shadow shifts

Accrued holiday pay

Flexible zero hours contract

E-learning and development opportunities

Nest Personal Pension account

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Must be a driver with a car to apply.
• Experience or an interest in child care is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support a child with complex health needs in personal care and clinical care.
• Perform physio and support with moving and handling.

Skills

Interest in child development

Ability to take initiative

Ability to work independently

Job description

Due to the rural location of the clients home, you must be a driver with a car to apply for this position.

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.