Children's Support Worker - Driver

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

Job summary

A leading complex care provider in Liverpool is seeking a part-time Children's Support Worker to assist a young boy with complex health needs. The role involves providing support in his home and in the community. Candidates must have a full UK driver's licence. The position offers competitive pay of £12.25 to £13.50 per hour, full training, and flexible working hours.

Benefits

Full specialist training

Accrued holiday pay

Flexible zero hours contract

Nest Personal Pension account

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driver's licence.
• Experience supporting children with complex health needs is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support a 9-year-old boy who is a wheelchair user.
• Drive the client to access the community.
• Provide assistance with personal care and daily needs.

Skills

Passion for working with young people

Kind and caring nature

Flexibility & reliability

Good communication skills

Job description

Overview

Please note you must have a full UK drivers licence to apply for this role, in order to drive the client's vehicle to access the community.

Are you looking for a part time role?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a child with complex health needs in his family home and out in the community?

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 at our young client\'s home in Liverpool (Fairfield area).

Meet the client:

Our client is a 9 year old little boy who loves the farm and animals and creepy crawlies. He also enjoys swimming, museums, going on walks at national trust parks, bubbles and texture books, and watching things on his iPad.

When you\'ll be working:

• Term time: Fridays (1.30pm-6pm) and Saturdays (8.30am-5.30pm)
• Non Term Time: Tuesdays (10am-4pm), Thursdays (10am-4pm), Saturdays (10am-4pm)
• If you are looking for more hours, we also have the following shifts available with our other young client in Liverpool: Tuesdays & Thursdays 3.30pm-7pm, Sundays 2pm-7pm

What you\'ll be doing:

This role is to support a 9 year old little boy who is a wheelchair user, wears splints, has chest physio, is doubly incontinent and is PEG fed. The role is to support him with all of his needs in his family home and driving the car to enable him to access the community. Therefore you must hold a full UK drivers licence.

You will always be working alongside another support worker on your shifts.

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
• Good communication skills

What to look forward to:

• £12.25 up to £13.50 per hour (depending on experience)
• Full specialist training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the Clinical Care Manager provided
• Accrued holiday pay
• Regular consistent work with rolling rotas
• Flexible zero hours contract
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• 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