Support Worker - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Red and Grey

Red and Grey

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you want to enable children and young people who have been taken into care to have the best possible start in life? Are you enthusiastic, resilient, and driven to enrich and make a difference in the lives of young people?

We are recruiting for a Children's Support Worker for a 3 bedded Children's home in Broadgreen, Liverpool with immediate starts.

You will be working alongside an experienced team of Managers and Support Workers to provide the best possible care for the children in the home.

Overview:

Title: Children's Support Worker
Pay: £26,000 £28,000
Location: Broadgreen, Liverpool
Hours: Long Days, Earlies, Lates (rota basis)

Benefits:

Excellent Rates of pay
Support from an specialist consultant
Free training

The role:
What you'll be doing as a Children's Support Worker

To support the children and young people in all day to day activities and interests
To promote the young persons independence and wellbeing
To attend weekends away, holidays and trips away with the Children
To attend weekend and evening activities to support the children and young people in their interests. This can range from climbing and baking cakes to weekends away in Butlins.
To protect the children and young people from any risks to their health and welfare
To provide emotional and practical support to the young people within your home.
To ensure the safety of young people by maintaining an uptodate knowledge of care plans and guidelines
To support, overcome and learn to minimise incidents when behaviour can be challenging.

What you'll need to be successful as a Children's Support Worker

A desire to create positive outcomes for vulnerable children and young people
Empathetic, caring and resilient nature
At least 6 months experience of working with children or within a similar Social Care setting
Hold a current Enhanced DBS on the update service or willing to obtain one
The right to work in the UK

Do you want to make a real, measurable difference to the lives of young people? If this sounds like your dream role, we would love to hear from you.

If you think you're right for this Children's Support Worker role, then click the 'apply' button below.

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Temporary contract

Salary:
Up to £28,000.00 per year

Benefits: