Children's Support Worker - School Hours

Active Care Group; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading company in complex care is seeking a Children's Support Worker for a rewarding term-time role in Shrewsbury. The position involves supporting a young girl with complex health needs in her special needs school, requiring a caring, flexible, and reliable individual. Full training and ongoing support will be provided to ensure success in this vital role.

Benefits

Full specialist training

Regular consistent work with rolling rotas

E-learning and training opportunities

Active Awards programme for recognition

Refer a Friend Scheme

Support from clinical and business leadership teams

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for children with complex health needs.
• Ability to work one-on-one with a 16-year-old female client.
• Training support provided.

Responsibilities

• Support a wheelchair user who requires insulin and has limited communication.
• Assist within a special needs school environment.
• Work Monday to Friday from 8.50 am to 3.20 pm.

Skills

Passion for working with children

Kind nature

Flexibility

Reliability

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Children's Support Worker - School Hours, Shrewsbury

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Client:

Active Care Group

Location:

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

25.06.2025

Expiry Date:

09.08.2025

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Job Description:

Are you looking for a term time only role, for school hours (Monday-Friday, 8.50am-3.20pm)?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a 16 year old girl with complex health needs as her 1:1 support at her special needs school?

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.

We'd like you to join us as a Children's Support Worker with our brand new young client in Shrewsbury.

When you'll be working:

• Monday-Friday, 8.50am-3.20pm
• This is a term time only role
  

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support our brand new 16 year old female client at her special needs school.

Our client is a wheelchair user, requires insulin, has a gastrostomy and has limited communication.

We are looking to recruit a one to one carer to support her at her school, from September 25 onwards.

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

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 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
• 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.