Support Worker - King's Lynn, United Kingdom - Break Charity
Description
Support Worker
Salary - The starting salary will be
£ £11.35 per hour (
£9,759 to
£10,068 per annum), depending on qualifications. Regular sleep-in duties required, paid at an additional £60.71 per night.
The current full-time rate for this post is £21,821 - £22,433. Maximum full time job rate potential is £23,264 per annum which is performance related.
Hours - 17
hours per week
Location - King's Lynn, Norfolk
About Break:
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.
you'll be joining a team of passionate and dedicated individuals who want the very best for the young people they care for.
Why Break?
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:
As a Break Support Worker you'll be working hands-on day in day out with the young people living in the children's home.
For some young people, the behaviors caused by the trauma they have previously experienced means it is too risky for them to live with others.
You'll work with a tight-knit team of colleagues to build a relationship and trust bond with the young person living at the home.
You'll be supporting them in overcoming their previous trauma and learning to trust in adults again, along with the help and guidance of your colleagues and Break's therapeutic services.
You'll be patient, thrive in a team environment, able to support those around you and have the emotional intelligence and resilience to manage challenging situations.
- Free, career-enhancing qualifications
- A "golden hello" scheme welcoming you to our services, with £250 paid to you one month after your start date and a second £250 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 of the role, including a job description and person specification can be found within the 'documents' section at the top of this page.
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, Care, Children, Care Worker, Children Support Worker, Youth Worker
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