Support Worker

OakGar Recruitment; Ashford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialist care organisation is hiring a full-time Residential Care Worker in Ashford, Kent. The role involves supporting children with complex behaviours and enabling their independence through daily living skills and community engagement. Successful candidates will receive comprehensive support and career progression opportunities within the organisation.

Benefits

Excellent Career Progression

Paid holidays

Free training

Regular support and supervisions

Support for Health and Social Care Qualifications

Contribution towards company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with children with complex behaviours is desirable.
• Physically fit and able to drive children to activities.
• Must be a role model for safety and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Support children in daily living skills like cooking and cleaning.
• Assist with community-based activities such as college and leisure activities.
• Provide emotional support and understand communication of need.

Skills

Calm

Enthusiastic

Creative

Resilient

Emotionally aware

Team player

Job description

Are you ready for a new challenge, and want to be rewarded for your efforts?

Are you someone with a natural person-centred approach with a desire to enable those who you support to achieve greater independence whilst obtaining career progression? We are currently working on behalf of a specialist care organisation who are looking for a full-time residential care worker to make a difference in their service in Ashford, Kent who can commit to a flexible rota. The service prides itself on providing the highest level of care to children with complex range of behaviours and challenges including specialising in self-harm, sexually harmful behaviours, attachment disorders and those risk of child sexual exploitation, so experience within this client group would be desirable. There are also opportunities to progress within the company.

We are looking for a Residential Care Worker who has:

• A calm, enthusiastic, creative and have a great sense of humour
• A fun, kind, a safe and reliable role model
• A team player who is keen to grow and work on their own skills
• Physically fit, happy to work hours around the needs of our children, and not offended by the odd swear word
• Resilient, emotionally aware, and level-headed
• Able to see beyond behaviour and seek to understand the communication of need
• Someone who is happy to use our cars to drive our young people to activities and appointments!

If this sounds like you, then in return you will be rewarded with:

• 30,200 - 34,400p/a
• Excellent Career Progression
• Paid holidays
• Free training
• Regular support and supervisions
• Support for Health and Social Care Qualifications
• Contribution towards company pension scheme

Activities of support vary from daily living skills i.e., cooking, cleaning, personal care, travel escorts, teaching of independent life skills to assistance with accessing community-based activities such as going to college, swimming, work placements and other social and leisure activities.