Female support worker - children and young people

Keys Group; Crawley; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive children's services organization in Crawley is seeking passionate support workers. In this full-time role, you will provide emotional and physical support to vulnerable young females, ensuring a safe environment. The successful candidates will enjoy career progression opportunities, competitive pay, and supportive management. Experience in care or related fields is beneficial. The role involves working shifts and sleep-ins.

Benefits

Career Progression

Competitive Salary

Enhanced Pay Scales

Family Support

Paid Training

Annual Leave: 28 days

Free Enhanced DBS Check

Qualifications

• Passionate about supporting children to lead happy lives.
• Ability to remain calm during sometimes challenging situations.
• Full UK Driving licence is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Act as a professional parent, providing encouragement and praise.
• Provide emotional and physical support for children.
• Ensure a safe home environment with cleaning and cooking.

Skills

Caring nature

Flexibility

Resilience

Great communication skills

Experience in care or transferable skills

Job description

Overview

Salary: From £27,581 per annum PLUS additional £3k - £6k per annum for sleep ins.

Hours: Full-time, 39 hours per week working a rolling shift pattern which includes long days and additional sleep ins.

Rated GOOD in our January 2025 Ofsted inspection.

We are looking for support workers to join our small and specialist 2 bed Children's home and be part of an amazing team, supporting young people to reach their full potential and have positive outcomes, giving them hope for the future.

At this home, we support primarily vulnerable young females, often as a solo placement, who display behaviours of concern which can include mental health, self injurious behaviour, risk taking and emotional challenges.

Alongside our therapeutic approach, we also work with an Art Therapist, a clinical psychologist and with Keys specialist and clinical teams including Positive Behaviour Support.

Working in our home can be intense but extremely rewarding, we have great fun promoting the interests of our young people who enjoy horse riding and equestrian as their favourite pastime.

You would be working with a dedicated, experienced team and a Home Manager that has been here for 20 years.

Qualifications, training and career progression

Keys Group provide excellent ongoing training to support and develop you in your role, with recognised qualifications and potential for career progression within an every growing national Company. We are in the Sunday Times Top 10 Organisations for Apprenticeship providers

Benefits

• Career Progression: We invest in your growth with clear paths to advance, including opportunities to become a Registered Manager.
• Competitive Salary: We offer the Real Living Wage as a minimum.
• Enhanced Pay Scales: Recognise both qualifications and experience with higher pay rates
• Family Support: Enhanced company maternity and paternity pay.
• Rewarding Job - Full of variety and enjoyment. No two days are ever the same
• Supportive Management - regular supervisions and appraisals to ensure you are enjoying life at Keys Group
• Regular Team Meetings – Include and contribute your ideas towards the progression of the service and have your voice heard as part of our regional management team
• Funded Qualifications – We fully fund and support you to obtain a range of QCF’s opening up further career opportunities and extra pay
• Paid Training – Get paid to enrol in our sector leading training and level up your career
• Full Induction Program: Comprehensive introductory training to set you up for success.
• Amazing Discount Schemes - Access amazing deals with the Hapi App & Blue Light Card
• NEST Pension Scheme: Secure your future with our pension plan.
• Wellbeing Support, Advice and Guidance – Access advice and guidance through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Staff Referral Scheme – Refer a friend to join Keys Group and split a £500 referral bonus between you
• Circle App – internal communications on the next level, be part of something special
• Annual Leave: 28 days of annual leave, including Bank Holidays entitlement
• Free Enhanced DBS Check
• Real progression opportunities
• Amazing Discount Schemes - You'll have access to both the Circle & a Blue Light Card which give you incredible discounts at high street retailers, days out, gifts, holidays - even when buying a car

What does the job involve?

Act as a professional parent, to give encouragement and praise.

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 beneficial

You need to be able to work flexibly in caring for the children. This will include working shifts and sleep-ins