Children Support Worker

Vetro Recruitment; Llandarcy; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking Children's Support Workers for a Residential Home in Neath. The role involves supporting children with emotional and behavioural challenges, promoting their independence, and ensuring their wellbeing. Successful candidates will have enthusiasm, resilience, and a driving licence. This position offers excellent pay rates and various benefits including free training and holiday pay.

Benefits

Excellent Rates of pay

Free food while on shift

Free online training

Agency worker of the month prize £50

Holiday pay

Qualifications

• Desire to make a measurable difference in young people's lives.
• Ability to support children with emotional and behavioral issues.

Responsibilities

• Support children and young people in day-to-day activities.
• Promote independence and wellbeing.
• Participate in holidays and evening activities with children.
• Ensure safety by maintaining care plans.
• Provide emotional and practical support.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Resilience

Driving Licence

Job description

Do you want to enable children and young people who have been taken into care to have the best possible start in life? Are you enthusiastic, resilient, and driven to enrich and make a difference in the lives of young people? Would you like to work on a temporary basis with the view to successfully gaining a permanent role?

Vetro Social Care is recruiting Children's Support Workers for a Residential Home in Neath on a temporary to permanent basis. You will be working with other staff members to support children and young people that suffer from emotional and behavioural issues.

Overview

• Title: Children's Support Worker
• Pay: £13.68 - £27.36 inclusive of holiday pay
• Location: Neath
• Shifts: Full time hours ranging from 12 hours day and nights to long day sleeps (24hr)
• You must have a Driving Licence

Benefits

• Excellent Rates of pay, weekly pay, and no payroll charges
• Free food while on shift
• Variety of work in different social care and healthcare settings
• Vetro Mobile Booking App for communicating shift availability
• Support from a specialist consultant
• Free online training and subsidised practical training (TMVA, PMVA, PBM)
• Agency worker of the month prize £50
• Entry into our Golden Ticket draw to win £500 every quarter
• 24‑hour registration - register from the comfort of your own home
• Holiday pay - paid weekly or accumulated in a holiday pot
• Vetro contributed pension

What you'll be doing as a Children's Worker

• To support the children and young people in all day to day activities and interests
• To promote the young persons independence and wellbeing
• To attend weekends away, holidays and trips away with the Children
• To attend weekend and evening activities to support the children and young people in their interests.
• To protect the children and young people from any risks to their health and welfare
• To provide emotional and practical support to the young people within your home.
• To ensure the safety of young people by maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of care plans and guidelines
• To support, overcome and learn to minimise incidents when behaviour can be challenging.

What you'll need to have to be a successful Children's Support Worker

Do you want to make a real, measurable difference in the lives of young people? If this sounds like your dream role, we would love to hear from you. If you think you're right for this Children's Support Worker role, then click the 'apply' button below.

Vetro Recruitment acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Vetro is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone.