Children's Support Worker - Weekends

Active Care Group Recruitment; Wealden; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care provider is looking for a part-time Children's Support Worker to assist a young client with autism and challenging behaviour in the community. The role involves working weekends and possibly weekdays during non-term time. Full training and ongoing support will be provided. The position offers up to £13.50 per hour, accrued holiday pay, and flexible working hours. This is a great opportunity for those passionate about child support and development.

Benefits

Up to £13.50 per hour

Full specialist training

Accrued holiday pay

Flexible zero hours contract

Nest Personal Pension account

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Passionate about working with children and supporting those with special needs.
• Experience in handling challenging behaviour effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support a young client with autism, ADHD, and challenging behaviour in the community.
• Provide support alongside another worker on a 2:1 basis.

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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