Male Support Worker - Driver

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

Job summary

A leading care provider in Hastings is looking for a Support Worker to assist a 15-year-old boy with autism and other health needs in his family home and community. The role requires a drivers licence and a car, along with a bubbly personality and passion for working with young people. Flexible part-time hours available at £13.50 per hour, with comprehensive training and ongoing support.

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

• Experience with autism and challenging behaviour.
• Drivers licence and a car required.

Responsibilities

• Support a 15 year old boy with additional health needs.
• Assist with medication and personal care.
• Manage challenging behaviour and build rapport.

Skills

Bubbly enthusiastic personality

Passion for working with young people

Good communication skills

Flexibility & reliability

Tools

Drivers licence

Car

Job description

Please note that for genuine occupational requirements we require male support workers for this client.

We also require a drivers licence and a car, to drive the client to access the community.

Are you looking for a part time role, for 3-4 afternoon shifts per week (10am-4pm / 12pm-4pm)?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a 15 year old boy in his family home and out in the community?

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care.

We'd like you to join us as a Support Worker to support our brand new client at his family home in St Leonards area of Hastings.

Meet the client:

Our client is a happy go lucky 15 year old teenage boy who has autism, ADHD, anxiety and OCD and challenging behaviour. We are looking for outgoing, bubbly, enthusiastic and spontaneous support workers to take him out and about as he likes to go on adventures and is far happier when doing physical activities.

When you'll be working:

• Week 1 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday – 12pm-4pm & Saturday/Sunday – 10am-4pm
• Week 2 – Tuesday, Thursday – 12pm-4pm & Saturday/Sunday – 10am-4pm

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support a 15 year old teenage boy with additional health needs in his family home and out in the community. This will involve supporting him with medication, personal care, managing challenging behaviour and building a good rapport in your communications with him. You will also take him out and about on adventures.

All shifts will be double ups, so there will always be two support workers on shift together.

Ideal candidates will have experience with autism and challenging behaviour.

As part of the role is to drive the client to access the community, you must hold a drivers licence and have a car.

What you'll have:

• Drivers licence and a car
• Bubbly enthusiastic personality
• Passion for working with young people
• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility & reliability
• Good communication skills

What to look forward to:

• Up to £13.50 per hour (depending on experience)
• Full specialist training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the Clinical 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 Group

Active Care Group are an equal opportunities employer however for genuine occupational requirements we require male 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 confident employer.

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