Senior Support Worker - March, United Kingdom - Break Charity

Break Charity

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March, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Senior Support Worker

Salary:
£24,978 - £25,910 per annum, depending on experience and qualifications

(Maximum full time job rate potential is £27,105 per annum which is performance related).

Location:
March, Cambridgeshire

Contract:
Permanent

About us:

Nobody chooses the family or circumstances they are born into. At Break we firmly believe that with the right care, there is no limit to what can be achieved.

We work across East Anglia with children and young people on the edge of care, in care and leaving care.

Whether you're interested in working in our residential homes and short breaks for children with disabilities, our pioneering Staying Close Staying Connected project or vital essentials like our family assessment centre and wraparound care offer, one thing is universal:

you'll be joining a team of passionate and dedicated individuals who want the very best for the young people they care for.

At Break we invest in the future of our staff just as we do for the young people in our services.

We strive to provide the highest quality of care, so whether you're just starting your career in children's social care or are already qualified, you'll be supported, recognised and rewarded for your essential part in our vital work.

About the role:

The main purpose of the role is to assist the management team to support, direct and utilise staff and resources on-shift in order to ensure that the home achieves its strategic aims.

This role plays a key part in maintaining relationships not only with the child or young person but also; parents or other family members, social workers, school staff and other relevant professionals.

The home strives to ensure that the highest quality of care is provided for our children and young people.

This means our staff are essential in ensuring their wellbeing needs are fully met, they feel safe and secure with us but also included in some of the decision making within the home.

What can we offer?

We are proud of the fact that we are a supportive employer who rewards you for your hard work and involvement in our life-changing charity.

There are multiple benefits of this role, such as:

Free, careerenhancing qualifications
A "golden hello" scheme welcoming you to our services, with £500 paid to you one month after your start date and a second £500 at the six month mark.
A referral scheme offering the same two payments as the golden hello if you recommend a contact who goes on to be employed by Break.
A benefits platform enabling you to access discounts across a range of shops, venues and services.
A free counselling service to all our employees.
The opportunity to influence Break's strategy and direction through the Staff Consultation Forum.
Life assurance to the value of 3x your annual salary.
Enhanced sick pay.
Free flu jabs.

Full details regarding the role can be found under the documents sections at the top of the advert.

Closing Date:

For more information on this job opportunity, please contact the Human Resources Team via our website.

Break operate services for vulnerable children and families and we need to ensure that we take steps to protect both them and our staff teams from the transmission of the Covid 19 virus.

It is therefore a requirement for all staff unless they provide evidence of an appropriate medical exemption to be able to meet at least two of the following three requirements 1) Maintain a full vaccination status (including any recommend booster injections) 2) Undertake LFT / PCR or other approved Covid tests as required 3) Wear PPE including e.g.

face masks when requested.

To comply with the Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 and additional amendments, and UK Visa's and Immigration (UKVI) requirements, all prospective employees will be asked to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.

We will ask to see and take a copy of an appropriate official document as set out in the UKVI guidelines.

Do not send anything now, further information will be sent to you should you be invited to interview.

This job is also known as: Support Worker, Youth Worker, Care Worker, Children Support Worker, Children

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