Children's Support Worker - Weekends

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

Job summary

A community support organization is seeking a dedicated Children's Support Worker to assist a young child with autism and challenging behaviour in Hailsham. This part-time role involves working weekends during term time and more hours during non-term time. The role offers up to £13.50 per hour and provides full training and ongoing support. Candidates must have a passion for working with children and experience in handling challenging behaviours. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a difference in a child’s life.

Benefits

Accrued holiday pay

Full specialist training

Flexible zero hours contract

Nest Personal Pension account

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Must have previous experience with challenging behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Support a young client with autism and challenging behaviour in the community.
• Work alongside another support worker at all times.

Skills

Passion for working with children

Experience with challenging behaviour

Job description

Are you looking for a part time role for weekends?

Do you have previous experience with challenging behaviour?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a child with autism and challenging behaviour in the community?

Come and join Active Care in the Home.

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

When you'll be working:

• Term time: Saturdays and Sundays (5 hrs each day) - 10 hrs a week
• Non term time: increasing to 16 hours, and to include weekdays
• 10 hours term time, 16 hours non term time
• Part Time

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support our brand new young client, a 11 year old boy, out in the community. Our client has autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, epilepsy and displays challenging behaviour. You will be working alongside another support worker at all times as all the shifts are 2:1.

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

What you'll have:

• Passion for working with children
• Previous experience with challenging behaviour

What to look forward to:

• up to £13.50 per hour (depending on experience)
• Full specialist training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the 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 in the Home

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