Short Breaks Support Worker

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom kids Full time

**Employer - Kids**

**Working hours - flexible working hours during weekends and school holidays**

**Location - Hackney**

**Salary - £13.15 per hour, £14.74 including holiday pay**

**The good stuff/benefits**:

- Hourly rate enhanced to cover any holiday taken or accrued if not taken
- Life assurance
- Employer Pension contribution
- Flexible hours to provide an ideal balance between work life and private life
- Discounts galore with over 200 retailers and brands via Perkbox
- Recommend a friend referral scheme with financial reward
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Help’s to deal with personal and professional problems that could be affecting your home life or work life, health and general wellbeing. The confidential employee benefit provides expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/7

Are you caring and enthusiastic, with a real desire to help disabled children, young people and their families in a part-time job that fits in with your other commitments? Then join Kids as a Short Breaks Worker, offering flexible working hours during evenings, weekends and school holidays, and you could soon be playing a vital and truly fulfilling role.

You’ll be responsible for providing short breaks for disabled children and young people on a 1:1 basis, both in the community and in a child or young person’s home. Each break is designed around their individual interests and hobbies, so could involve going swimming, to a local park, or perhaps to the shops. As well as helping them to access and engage in a variety of positive activities, we’ll rely on you to promote their independence, inclusion and learning while working in a person centred way. And, when it comes to the providing practical and emotional support they need to enable them to meet the goals and outcomes identified in their support plan, again, we’ll count on you

This is a sessional position offering flexible working hours during weekends and school holidays. There are also a number of areas where the service runs, which includes, Harrow, Hounslow, Waltham Forest and Hackney.

**The hourly rate is £13.15 per hour, £14.74 including holiday pay**

**Personal Qualities**:
We are looking for caring, enthusiastic individuals to support disabled children and young people on a 1-1 basis in the London Borough of Hackney.

**What you'll need**:
Experience of working with disabled children would be useful, but is not essential. You will, however, need an understanding of the needs of disabled children and young people plus a commitment to safeguarding. Effective communication skills, including the ability to adapt your style to suit the individual, is important too, as is the ability to work on your own and use your initiative. Available to work regular evenings and weekends, you have lots of drive, commitment and enthusiasm, while a Childcare qualifications at NVQ or an equivalent level and/or paediatric first aid certificate and/or moving and handling training would be an advantage.

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