Children's Support Worker (Disabilities)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Wales; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced payments for unsocial hours

Job summary

The Support Worker role with Conwy County Borough Council’s Children with Disabilities Team supports disabled children at home and in the community, helping them reach personal outcomes and develop independence. Responsibilities include personal care support, handling challenging behaviour, and enabling participation in local activities and imaginative play, with unsocial hours paid at enhanced rates.

You may work in children’s own homes or in the community, planning and delivering activities,

Qualifications

• Awareness of the issues that affect children with disabilities

Responsibilities

• Help children work towards agreed outcomes, such as finding local activities to attend
• Support children to understand challenging behaviour and agree strategies to manage it
• Start developing children's independent living skills
• Plan and deliver imaginative play activities
• Promote children's skills in interacting with others
• Assist service users who cannot fully attend to their own personal needs, including manual handling
• Deliver support in children's own homes or in the community
• Work unsocial hours as the service requires

Skills

Awareness of issues affecting disabled

Job description

This Support Worker post sits in Conwy County Borough Council's Children with Disabilities Team, which supports disabled children at home and in their communities. The work centres on helping children reach personal outcomes, from building independent living skills and taking part in local activities to handling challenging behaviour and joining in play. Personal care support, including manual handling, is also part of the work. The job carries unsocial hours with enhanced pay, and applicants need a clear awareness of the issues facing disabled children.

What the job involves

• Help children work towards agreed outcomes, such as finding local activities to attend
• Support children to understand challenging behaviour and agree strategies to manage it
• Start developing children's independent living skills
• Plan and deliver imaginative play activities
• Promote children's skills in interacting with others
• Assist service users who cannot fully attend to their own personal needs, including manual handling
• Deliver support in children's own homes or in the community
• Work unsocial hours as the service requires

Skills & knowledge

• Awareness of the issues that affect children with disabilities

Checks & eligibility

• Qualifications and references verified

Other

• Willingness to work on own initiative
• Ability to take responsibility and manage challenges appropriately

Nice to have

• Ability to communicate in Welsh

What’s offered

• Enhanced payments for unsocial hours