Children's Support Worker

7 months ago


Sunderland, United Kingdom Staff Power Group Full time

Staffpower Group Healthcare are looking for passionate Support workers to join our team in Sunderland.

**Purpose of the Post**
- Provide advice, assistance, and support to young people.
- Attend to their practical, physical, and emotional needs.
- Act as an appropriate role model and work closely with them to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential.

**Responsibilities and Duties**
- Maintain high-quality care and support that meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and cultural needs of children and young people within the care setting.
- Create a caring, supportive, and nurturing environment where children/young people feel secure and free from harm.
- Establish positive relationships with young people, offering unconditional and positive regard.
- Help young people gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
- Ensure each young person’s care plan is followed and amended as needed to reflect changing needs.
- Act as a key worker or co-worker for a young person, ensuring care plans are up-to-date and all care needs are met.
- Provide a positive role model, offering advice, guidance, and assistance where appropriate.
- Establish positive relationships perceived as warm and rewarding by young people.
- Offer 1:1 advice, assistance, and support to help young people address past and present difficulties.
- Provide emotional support during times of difficulty or stress.
- Be ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimize their potential.
- Keep accurate records and provide written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews, or other directed meetings.
- Empower young people and facilitate their active involvement in decision-making about their lives and future.
- Encourage young people to develop community links, attend off-site activities, and expand their personal social network.

**Pay and further Information.**
- This post requires varying shifts, including early morning and late evening work, sleep-ins, and an on-call rota system.
- Weekend work is part of the rota, and Bank Holidays will be required.
- From £12.50 per hour.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract

**Salary**: From £12.50 per hour

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 1 year (required)
- Support Environment: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)

Work Location: In person



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