Children's Support Worker - learning Difficulties

Keys Group; Crawley; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Keys Care seeks support workers to join a 4-bed children's home, assisting four young males aged 12-18 with learning difficulties. You’ll provide emotional and physical support, promote positive outcomes, and work within a specialist care team including psychologists and therapists.

The role involves shifts and sleep-ins in a compassionate, resilient setting. You will be part of a long-standing, supportive team led by a registered manager, facilitating loving, safe care and opportunities for the

Qualifications

• Naturally caring, flexible and resilient.
• Excellent communication skills and positive energy.
• Experience in care or transferable skills is beneficial.
• Ability to remain calm in challenging situations.
• Full UK driving licence preferred.
• You must be able to work shifts and sleep-ins.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a caring team that provides a safe home for children.
• Act as a professional parent, offering encouragement and praise.
• Engage in fun activities and sports with the children.
• Provide emotional and physical support to help children reach their potential.
• Build friendships and trusting relationships with the children.
• Support daily tasks including cleaning, laundry and cooking.
• Help children make decisions about themselves.
• Maintain a safe home environment at all times.

Skills

Caring

Flexible

Resilient

Communication skills

Calm under pressure

Driving licence

Job description

We are looking for support workers to join our 4 bed Children's home and be part of an amazing team, supporting young people to reach their full potential and have positive outcomes. You would be supporting 4 young males, aged between 12 - 18, who have learning difficulties such as Autism, Aspergers, ADHD and Global Developmental Delay, alongside behaviours of concern. Our young people have varying degrees of need and we put the child at the heart of all that we do, to support their individuality and strive to meet their needs. Our support offers a bespoke package of care which includes a Positive behaviour support lead and specialist team, occupational therapist, SALT and Keys clinical team. We also work with an Art Therapist and clinical psychologist to give advise and support. You would be part of a team who are compassionate, dedicated, resilient and supportive to the young people and to each other, with support from a long standing, experienced, Registered Manager. The role can be rewarding, but also challenging. It will be a journey with ups and downs, but we take the journey together.,

• Be part of a caring team that provides a safe and loving home for children, led and supported by a registered manager.
• Act as a professional parent, to to give encouragement and praise.
• Enjoy fun days and activities like football and sports, lazor tag and gaming.
• Provide emotional and physical support to allow the children to reach their full potential in sometimes challenging situations
• Build friendships and trusting relationships
• Help them to find pleasure in everyday tasks
• Empower them to make decisions about themselves
• Ensure a safe home environment, cleaning, laundry, cooking is part of the job.

What do you need?

• We want people who are naturally caring, flexible and resilient.
• Passionate about supporting children to lead happy lives.
• Great communication skills, positive and energetic.
• Experience in care or transferable skills such as youth work, education, sports or working with vulnerable people is beneficial
• Ability to remain calm during sometimes challenging situations.
• Full UK Driving licence is prefered
• You need to be able to work flexibly in caring for the children. This will include working shifts and sleep-ins

Keys Care provides safe, supportive homes for children, offering tailored services and specialist support to help people thrive. Through our Connected Support approach, we empower individuals to build stability, resilience, and a strong sense of belonging.

Keys does not currently offer sponsorship Safeguarding Commitment: Keys is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Equal Opportunities: Keys is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community.

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