Support Worker

Peters Dean Care Ltd; Littlehampton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community support organization is seeking flexible Support Workers in Littlehampton, UK. This role allows you to choose your hours and shifts while providing vital support to clients in various residential settings, including children's homes. The ideal candidate will have social care experience, exhibit a friendly and proactive nature, and be willing to support individuals with complex needs. This position offers a competitive hourly rate plus holiday pay and the flexibility of 25-50 hours per week.

Benefits

Weekly payroll

Competitive hourly rate including holiday pay

Regular support from the team

Qualifications

• Experience as Care Assistant, Care Worker, Support Worker, or Teaching Assistant is beneficial.
• Willingness to support challenging individuals with complex needs.
• Organised and sociable approach is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the social and emotional development of young people.
• Manage challenging behaviours and promote independence.
• Assist with personal care and light domestic duties.

Skills

Relevant social care experience

Ability to support individuals with complex needs

Friendly and proactive approach

Job description

Flexible Hours Available

With Peters Dean Care, you can work with the clients you would like to support, how much you work, and what shifts you would like to work. We have work available in children's homes, older looked‑after‑children (OLAC) settings, homeless hostels, and services supporting adults with complex needs. You choose your hours, whether Early's, Late's, Long Days or Nights, and the number of hours from 25‑50 hrs per week!

Choose Your Perfect Job

With Peters Dean Care, you can work with the clients you would like to support, how much you work, and what shifts you would like to work. We have work available in children's homes, older looked‑after‑children (OLAC) settings, homeless hostels, and services supporting adults with complex needs. You choose your hours, whether Early's, Late's, Long Days or Nights, and the number of hours you work from 25-50hrs per week! You can even choose whether you want to book week to week, on a 6 month contract, or into a permanent position!

Why Apply?

• Choose Where You Work. Work in children's homes, learning disability settings, hostels, or a mixture of all!
• Choose How Much You Work. Work 25-50 hrs per week that can work around your commitments.
• Choose When You Work. Choose from a range of Early shifts, Late shifts, Long Day shifts and Night shifts.
• Interesting and Challenging Work within services supporting people with complex needs. No two days will be the same!
• Amazing Support. Weekly welfare calls from experienced, sympathetic and knowledgeable team who put you first.
• Weekly Payroll. Earn a competitive hourly rate + holiday pay to further top up your earnings (rates advertised include holiday pay).
• Make a Real Difference. Support our community's most vulnerable people to promote their wellbeing and independence.

Support Worker Role

Our flexible Support Worker team benefit from choosing the type of work that suits their needs. If you are working within children's services your role will be to support the social, emotional and behavioural development of the young people, while managing challenging behaviours and promoting their independence and life skills. Duties within adults services are similar and may require you to provide physical care (such as personal care and use of hoists), while roles in all settings will involve some light domestic duties. Shift times vary considerably between services so please apply and we can discuss this further.

Support Worker Criteria

• Relevant social care experience. Applications invited from Care Assistant, Care Worker, Support Worker, Teaching Assistant professionals, people with other relevant social care experience, or students studying relevant courses.
• Willingness to support challenging individuals with complex needs.
• Friendly, organised, proactive and sociable approach.

Do you want to be the one in control and making the choices?! Click Apply now and we will be in touch for an initial discussion