Support Worker - Complex Health - Children's Services (ID:348)

Swanton Care and Community; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization in Manchester seeks compassionate individuals to support children, promoting their development and well-being. Responsibilities include providing practical and emotional support, facilitating activities, and performing housekeeping duties. Ideal candidates should have strong communication skills and be adaptable, with experience in challenging behavior preferred. Full training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Experience of challenging behaviour and/or learning disabilities preferred.
• Ability to work flexibly and adapt to individual needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower children.
• Promote health and well-being while respecting individuality.
• Facilitate social and educational activities.
• Perform general housekeeping duties.
• Complete necessary records and documents.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Adaptability

Team collaboration

Job description

Overview

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate and committed to supporting children in a way which enables their development and respects their dignity?

We are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services: Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy.

You will need to be adaptable and flexible with excellent communication skills and able to work as part of our team. Experience of challenging behaviour and/or learning disabilities is preferred but all training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• To provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower the children and young people to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they wish, in line with their individual support plans.
• Promote the health, well-being, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual beliefs and ensure they are met in an inclusive way.
• Facilitating social, educational or work activities such as visiting family and friends, walks, shopping and other recreational activities of their choice.
• General housekeeping duties that can include shopping, domestic duties as well as, possibly, elements of personal care.
• As part of the role, you will need to be able to complete a range of records and documents.