Support Worker

Cambian Group Plc; Ribchester; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On shift meals

Pension scheme

6 weeks annual leave

Free parking

Discount scheme

Job summary

Cambian Brook View School is recruiting a Support Worker to help children and young people learn essential life skills within a new residential home. Roles involve a mix of early/late shifts, including sleep-ins, with full UK driving licence as a requirement.

Full-time, part-time and term-time hours are available. The package includes fully funded training programmes and opportunities for progression within Cambian’s education, care and clinical support services.

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications required; share our passion to help children.
• Must hold a full UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Help children and young people learn and develop skills for life.
• Assist in setting up a new home and creating its ethos and culture.
• Provide ongoing mentoring and support to residents.

Skills

Driving license

Job description

Support Worker

Full Time, Part Time and Term Time Hours Available

Hourly rate: £14.00 unqualified/ £14.70 qualified

Are you looking to make a real difference to the lives of others?

Brook View School are expanding and set to open a new home. All we need now is you!

We are looking for staff with a range of experience and backgrounds to come and make this house a home ready for the Children and Young People to move into.

We do require staff who hold a full UK driving license for this role.

A rare chance to be part of setting up a new home, creating the ethos and culture to the highest standards under the brand-new leadership we have in place at Brook View School.

As a key part of the dedicated teams, you’ll have a vital role in helping children and young people learn and develop skills for life. You don’t need any special qualifications for this role, but you do need to share our passion to help children be the very best they can be.

In return, our new and improved training programmes will help you develop your professional skills and recognised qualifications (fully funded). And you’ll also learn from some of the most dedicated and inspirational people in our profession and, just like our residents, you will be learning all the time through our on-going mentoring and support.

At Brook View, we recognise that work life balance is important. Our full-time staff work 40 hours a week on a rota basis, covering a mixture of early and late shifts (with Sleep Ins).

Cambian Brook View School offers Education, Care and Clinical support for children and young people aged 8 to 18 years, who come to us on a full time, residential basis from across the country, with a range of Autistic Spectrum and associated complex needs.

Set in over 20 acres of beautiful countryside with the potential for forest dens and classrooms, gardens, stables, tracks and trails, our teams will have the chance to build an amazing landscape for nurturing and developing the creativity and imagination of our children and young people.

Benefits:

• Dedicated and skilled Principal and Registered Manager who provides excellent leadership across the school and home.
• Level 3 – Level 5 diplomas fully funded.
• Management development programs - if you wish to sustain a long term and progressive career with an organisation that has an international presence like no other provider in this field.
• On shift meals provided.
• Cambian has its own management development program that has a proven success rate.
• Employer Pension Scheme and generous 6 weeks annual leave.
• Free parking.
• High street discount scheme.
• Earning potential – overtime and extra sleep ins available.
• RAF Scheme.

Essential:

• Full UK driving license.

About the Cambian Group

We are one of the largest providers of specialist education and behavioural health services for children in the UK.

Although our work embraces many specialist disciplines, we all have the same purpose: To enable all people in our care to achieve their personal best.

Requirements for DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice.

The Cambian Group are an equal opportunities employer.

Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Although The Cambian Group are a sponsored employer we are currently unable to offer sponsorship at this time.

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