Children's Support Worker

2 weeks ago


Medway ME, United Kingdom Making a Difference Full time £24,000 - £28,000 per year

Making A Difference is a wrap around family support service that provides PA support in the home and activities in the community for children and young people with learning disabilities.

We are currently seeking community support workers for after school, weekends and school holidays.

Your role will be to support children and young people in the community on a 1-1 or 2-1 basis while parents take a break from their caring role. Activities may include things such as bowling, swimming, cinema, shopping, parks & soft play centres.

If you are passionate about helping others, and are looking for a rewarding opportunity where you can really make a difference, we would love to hear from you

Key Requirements:

  • Able to communicate effectively with children, young people, parents and colleagues
  • Can work confidently alone and as part of a team
  • Must have a clean drivers license and have access to their own car
  • Experience in supporting young people with learning disabilities and/or challenging behaviours
  • Able to support with after school activities and extra help during the during school holidays
  • Able commit to working at least one Saturday or Sunday per week

Benefits of working at Making A Difference:

  • Rewarding work where you can really make a difference.
  • Flexible working hours to suit your life and changing needs
  • Small friendly team that fully supports one another
  • Bupa Healthy Minds - Employee Assistance Programme - 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
  • Fuel allowance
  • Free Uniform, PPE and other items where needed to make your support work safe
  • Free training and on-going support to help develop your skills further

We look forward to hearing from you

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: £12.30-£14.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Additional leave
  • Company pension
  • Free or subsidised travel
  • Free parking
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • On-site parking

Application question(s):

  • Do you have a car and full UK drivers licence?
  • Please tell us about your experience supporting children or young adults?
  • Can you commit to a minimum of 4 hours each weekend?

Work Location: In person



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