Saturday Support Worker

Active Care Group - Care in The Home; Midhurst; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a Children’s Support Worker in Midhurst. You'll support a teenage boy with spina bifida, engaging him in social activities while assisting with personal care. This part-time role offers up to £13 per hour and includes full training and ongoing support.

Benefits

Accrued holiday pay

Flexible zero hours contract

Nest Personal Pension account

Active Awards programme

Refer a Friend Scheme

Specialist training and ongoing support

Qualifications

• Full UK Drivers licence and car required.
• Passionate about working with children.
• Must be kind, caring, flexible, and reliable.

Responsibilities

• Support a teenage boy with spina bifida in his family home.
• Assist with personal care and mobility needs.
• Take the client out for social activities like visiting parks.

Skills

Good communication skills

Kind and caring nature

Flexibility & reliability

Passion for working with children

Job description

Please note that you must hold a full UK drivers licence to apply for this position.

Are you looking for a part time role, for Saturdays?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a teenage boy with spina bifida in his family home and taking him out for social activities?

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

Within the Care in the Home division, we support children with complex health needs to live at home with their families.

We'd like you to join us as aChildren’s Support Workerat our young clients home inMidhurst(Please note due to the rural location of the clients home, you will need to be a driver with a car to get there).

When you'll be working:

• Every Saturday (8am-8pm)
• We also have morning shifts available during the school holidays (non-term time), as they have additional hours to use during the school holidays to help get him up in the mornings / take him out in the mornings
• You can be recruited for either 1 or both of the above shift types, depending on your availability

Please note that before starting you must be available to do a 2 week training course during the weekdays (Monday-Friday)

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support a teenage boy with spina bifida in his family home (our client lives at home with his nan, grandad, two brothers and their cocker spaniel dog), and taking him out and about to places such as the equine centre / the park etc. This will involve supporting with moving and handling including hoisting and supporting with personal care. You must hold a full UK drivers licence as part of the role is to drive the clients mobility van to take him out. As well as visiting the equine centre, our client loves colouring and playing card games.

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

What you'll have:

• Full UK Drivers licence and car to get to clients home
• Passion for working with children
• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility & reliability
• Good communication skills

What to look forward to:

• Up to £13 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