Children's Support Worker

Active Care Group; Dudley; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

DBS paid

Nest Pension

Induction training

Holiday pay

Job summary

Active Care Group is seeking a part-time care assistant to support a child with cerebral palsy and autism at home and in the community. You will help grow independence and assist with daily activities so he can safely access local surroundings.

Shifts are weekdays only, with term-time evenings 4pm–8pm on Tue/Wed/Thu and a long 12-hour Friday day; during school holidays there are more hours. You will receive induction training, DBS paid, Nest Pension, and ongoing support from care leadership.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications are specified in the posting.

Responsibilities

• Grow independence and support daily activities to enable safe community access.
• Provide weekday day shifts and term-time evening shifts as described in the posting.

Job description

Are you looking for a part time role, for weekday day shifts? (No weekends!) Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a child in his family home and out in the community? Come and join Active Assistance.

What you'll be doing:

We are expanding our client base and have a new client in Swindon. Our client has cerebral palsy and autism. He lives at home with his parents and siblings. The focus of this role is to grow independence and support daily activities to enable him to safely access the community.

Shifts:

Day shifts - weekdays only Term time: evening shifts 4pm-8pm on a tues/weds/thurs and 1 long 12hr day shift on a Friday School holidays: shifts increase to weekdays 12 hr shifts - so more hours in the school holidays Part time

What we can offer you:

• Up to £14 per hour (depending on experience) - you’ll also receive an additional 14.07% holiday pay on every hour worked
• Advanced monthly rotas
• Excellent Induction Training
• Ongoing support from our Children's Care Manager
• Paid DBS Check
• 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 Assistance

At Active Assistance we want everyone to feel welcome and supported. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment or interview process, just let us know and we’d be very happy to discuss this with you.

Take a look around the company https://activecaregroup.co.uk/