Children's Support Worker

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

Job summary

Active Care Group is seeking a compassionate Children's Support Worker in Eastbourne. This part-time role involves supporting young children with complex health needs and offers flexible hours, competitive pay, and dedicated training. Join a leading provider of complex care and make a positive impact in the lives of young clients.

Benefits

Full specialist training and ongoing support

Regular consistent work with rolling rotas

Access to Active Learning Hub for training opportunities

Recognition via the Active Awards programme

Refer a Friend Scheme with bonuses

Qualifications

• Required to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• Experience with complex health needs is advantageous but not necessary as training is provided.

Responsibilities

• Support two young children with complex health needs in their family homes.
• Work across children's care packages in Eastbourne and Hailsham.
• Participate in full training and shadow shifts.

Skills

Passion for working with young people

Kind and caring nature

Flexibility

Reliability

Job description

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Are you looking for a part-time role, for weekday evenings (4pm-8pm) and weekends?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting two young children with complex health needs 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 and young people with complex health needs to live at home with their families.

We'd like you to join us as a Children's Support Worker with our young clients in Eastbourne.

When you'll be working:

• Regular shifts with our client in Eastbourne (35 hours worth of shifts split between you and our other team member)
• Shifts we provide are: Mon-Fri evenings (4pm-8pm), Saturday and Sunday days (Sat 8am-3pm / Sun 9am-4pm)
• Plus bank cover for our other client in Hailsham when the regular team member is off. 06:30-08:00 Mon-Fri during term time, Mon & Thurs 15:30-18:30, Saturdays 09:30-18:00
• All of the above hours are during term time and may change during school holidays, so flexibility is required.

What you'll be doing:

This role involves working across our two children's packages of care in Eastbourne and Hailsham. Our young clients have complex health needs and live at home with their families.

Full training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support will be provided.

What you'll have:

• Passion for working with young people
• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility & reliability

What to look forward to:

• up to £12.50 per hour (depending on experience)
• Full specialist training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the Clinical Care Manager provided
• Regular consistent work with rolling rotas
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e-learning and face-to-face training and development opportunities
• Recognition of outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn up to £1,500 by recommending someone you know
• Support and guidance from our qualified clinical and business leadership teams to help develop your career with Active Care Group

Active Care Group is an equal opportunities employer. For genuine occupational requirements, we require female support workers for this client.

We are committed to providing reasonable facilities to support individuals with disabilities in job applications or interviews, ensuring participation in essential job functions. We are a Disability Confident employer.