Support Worker Children/ Challenging Behaviour
5 months ago
Due to continued organisational growth and development opportunities for our current staff, we are recruiting for support workers to join our staff teams. Supporting vulnerable and complex children/young adults in a range of locations - in and out of their home.
**About the job role as a Support Worker**:
As a Support Worker, you will be key in helping our young people with everyday living. The Young persons have experienced significant abuse and trauma in their early lives. This is a challenging role, but the rewards are incomparable to any other job. You will be working in an environment where the little things that you do every day could have life-changing results on the young people in our care. Your ambition for the people you supports will help them take steps to fulfilling their potential.
We specialise in providing best-in-class care and support for children and young people who have behaviours that may challenge and mental health needs. We endeavour to create a home environment that exceeds the needs of the children and young people, enabling them to express their characters, feel safe, and enrich their lives.
Working as a Children's Support Worker, you must be willing to go above and beyond for the children and young people, ensuring that they have an experience of childhood that they can reflect upon and carry with them into adulthood.
In return, you will be rewarded with a career defining opportunity to impact on an ambitious and growing organisation that is committed to staff retention, development, and equality.
**Salary and Benefits**
- £20.00 ph.
- 12-hour shifts (day and waking nights)
- Flexible working pattern, providing you with an optimal work-life balance.
- Genuine investment in your career with the opportunity to progress into a Team leader.
**Required Skills**:
- The ability to communicate clearly and sensitively when talking to people and their families.
- Good listening skills.
- Great problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt and act accordingly to situations.
- Good time management skills to be able to support the needs of multiple people.
- The ability to keep up with changing standards and codes of conduct in the social care sector.
- The ability to work both alone and as part of a team.
- A high level of patience and emotional resilience.
- Being empathetic towards everyone.
- Great verbal and written communication skills.
- A non-judgemental attitude regardless of a person’s needs.
- The ability to remain calm under pressure and when dealing with challenging situations.
- Loyal & honest
- Forward-thinking with a flexible approach.
- Able to follow instruction & direction.
- Full UK Driving License
**Subject to ENHANCED DBS and satisfactory references.
Note: This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position. It is not exhaustive or comprehensive. Other duties may be assigned as necessary to meet the needs of the business.
**Benefits**:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Devon: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Willingness to travel:
- 25% (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Durham
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