Children and Family Support Worker Durham

Health & Social Care; North East; Presencial; GBP 18.000 - 26.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Travel expenses

Therapeutic Restraint Training Course

Online training

Block shift bookings

Descripción de la vacante

Health & Social Care in the Durham area is seeking a Child and Family Support Worker to provide practical and emotional support to children and families across residential and community settings. You will document daily notes, monitor emotions, and ensure safeguarding and development tasks are carried out.

The role involves assisting with life skills, family engagement, and observation reporting, with drivers preferred due to multiple locations.

Formación

• Great problem-solving skills and the ability to think on your feet.
• Emotional resilience and a professional, non-judgemental attitude.
• High levels of written and verbal communication; attention to detail in documentation.

Responsabilidades

• Providing practical and emotional support to children and young people, including helping with household tasks and prompting personal hygiene.
• Supporting learning, promoting independence, and engaging in activities to implement individual programmes.
• Building relationships with children/young people and providing high levels of support.
• Assisting with family/foster breakdown intervention to prevent family unit breakdowns.
• Conducting observations on families and creating detailed reports of observations.
• Providing supervising support for families and individuals across various settings.
• Maintaining professional relationships with clients, families and external professionals, and following company policies.

Conocimientos

Problem solving

Emotional resilience

Professionalism

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Educación

Level 3 Health & Social Care

Descripción del empleo

Child and Family Support Work around Durham Area

8am-8pm Day/8pm-8am Night/ Respite shifts /8am-11pm + Sleep In

Within this role you will be working with children and families in residential and community settings. You will be working to ensure the safety and support of a young service user.

For this role, you will need good attention to detail, writing detailed daily notes, recording things such as the young person's emotions, any interactions with staff/family members, conversations they may have, any concerns you may have, food diaries and the daily routine of the individual.

This role could require you to take part in activities with the young person, helping to manage their money, helping with life skills, and more. It could also involve work with their family, aiding in rebuilding relationships, preventing foster/family breakdowns, and observing the family interactions.

You will need to be able to identify and report any safeguarding issues that may arise in relation to the young person, as well as aiding in their development and keeping them on track. Within the role you will deal with behaviour that can challenge, as well as a range of SEMH needs, and physical/learning disabilities, so experience with this would be advantageous.

The responsibilities for this role can include:

• Providing practical and emotional support to the children and young people, including helping with household tasks and prompting personal hygiene
• Contributing to the effective implementation of individual programmes by supporting learning, promoting independence and engaging in experiences and activities
• Building relationships with the children/young people and providing them with high levels of support
• Supporting with family/foster breakdown intervention to prevent the breakdown of family units
• Conducting effective observations on families and creating detailed reports reflecting your observations
• Providing supervising support for families and individuals across various settings
• Maintaining professional relationships with clients, families and external healthcare professionals, and adhering to company policies and procedures

You will have:

• Great problem-solving skills and the ability to think on your feet
• Emotional resilience
• High levels of professionalism and a non-judgemental attitude - regardless of a young person's needs
• Great attention to detail when completing documentation
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• DBS Certificate (we can help you acquire this)
• Drivers preferred as locations can be spread
• Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or another relevant subject would be preferred

What We Can Offer You:

• Competitive Salary of £16+ Per Hour
• TMVA Therapeutic Restraint Training Course - worth £500! - to expand your skills and knowledge
• Travel expenses
• Online training to help assist you in the de-escalation of heightened situations.
• We can offer block shift bookings for long day sleep shifts (e.g. 2/3/4/5 days of straight shifts)IND-HSC

Prospero Teaching is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy