Children's Support Worker

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

Job summary

Join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care as a Support Worker in Preston. Support a 12-year-old girl with cerebral palsy in her home, ensuring she is ready for school and bedtime. Enjoy flexible hours and the opportunity for full training and ongoing support.

Benefits

Full specialist training

Ongoing support from Care Manager

Regular consistent work

E-learning and training opportunities

Referral bonus up to £1,500

Qualifications

• Passion for working with children.
• Kind and caring nature.
• Flexibility & reliability.

Responsibilities

• Support a 12-year-old girl with complex health needs.
• Assist getting ready for school and bedtime routines.
• Work alongside another support worker.

Skills

Passion for working with children

Kind and caring nature

Flexibility

Reliability

Job description

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Are you looking for a role for part time role, for short morning (7am-8:30am) and evening (7:30pm-8:30pm) shifts, getting a little girl ready for school in the mornings and ready for bed in the evenings?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a young child with complex health needs in her 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 within their family homes.

We'd like you to join us as a Support Worker to support our client at their home in Preston.

Meet the Client:

Our client is a 12 year old little girl who has cerebral palsy. She is a very girly girl, who loves pampering and the colour pink! She lives at home with her mum, and needs support with getting ready for school in the mornings and getting ready for bed in the evenings.

When you'll be working:

• Monday-Friday: 1.5 hour morning shift (7am-8.30am) and 1 hour evening shift (7.30pm-8.30pm)
• Saturday: 1 hour morning shift (8am-9am) and 1 hour evening shift (7.30pm-8.30pm)
• Sunday: 5pm-9pm
• Hours are very likely to increase in near future - likely to be up to 30 hours a week available

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support a 12 year old little girl with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, severe development delay and significant visual impairment, in her family home. This will involve getting her ready for school in the mornings and getting her ready for bed in the evenings. You will be working alongside another support worker for your shifts.

Full training and ongoing support will be provided for this role.

What you'll have:

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

What to look forward to:

• £12.25 up to £13 per hour (depending on experience)
• Full specialist training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the 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
• 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.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability committed employer.