Support Worker - Croydon, United Kingdom - Green Harvest Consultant Company Ltd

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Salary From:
£10.50 per hour


Hours:
Full time available


Locations:
Croydon

We want you to join our growing team in the Croydon area Full time & part time work available

We are looking for applicants who would like a career in Social Care who live in the Croydon area. You will be supporting young people, making a difference to their lives. Sometimes you are the only contact the person has from one day to the next.


Benefits of a Support Worker at Green Harvest CC Ltd

  • Birthday day off
  • Full induction & on the job training with on going learning and development
  • Bank holiday rate and full holiday pay
  • Company parties and events
  • Oncall allowance
  • Fastgrowing company with fasttrack managerial programme for staff
  • Supportive managers to help you succeed

Requirements of a Support Worker

  • A caring attitude
  • The ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team
  • Good listening and communication skills
  • Experience in dealing with challenging behaviours and using deescalation techniques
  • To work in a trauma informed way
  • The ability to understand and follow policies and procedures
  • Good writing skills to fill in documentation
  • Where appropriate to participate in child case planning meetings, case reviews, case conferences and LAC reviews concerning children & families
  • Stimulate young people on how to use and make wise choices
  • Working in partnership with young people, their social worker and carers and other relevant agencies
  • Direct work with young people, key working and generally taking an active part in providing support on a shift work basis


This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Support/Key Worker and join our close-knit team in providing an essential service to looked after children.

Supporting and teaching young people with a wide variety of everyday life skills, you will enable them to live as independently as possible in a safe and encouraging environment.

We offer fantastic benefits, training and a great team environment.

You need to be committed to your role, which will in turn offer continuity to our service users.

Shift Pattern

  • 9am 9pm
  • 9pm 9am
  • Sleep in (11pm 7am)

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
From £10.50 per hour


Shift:

  • 12 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Croydon,

Greater London:
reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)


Experience:

Support Work: 1 year (preferred)


Work Location:
One location


Reference ID:
SW - Croydon

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