Peripatetic Support Worker

Location: Paddington Grove, Bournemouth

**This role is eligible for our £1000 welcome bonus**

**Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class.Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops

**Where and when do we need you?
Our Residential department are looking to recruit 2 peripatetic (multi-site) support workers to provide cover across our 4 residential children’s homes in the Solent area. This individual will work across multiple sites (2 main assigned locations per role)and will provide support to our services when they need it most. As part of our team, you will deliver the highest standards of care, protection and support to Children and Young People by facilitating their physical and psychological development.

As a multi-site support worker, you will be involved exciting and rewarding things like:

- Contributing towards the maintenance of a positive, safe and homely environment, including the promotion of a warm and accepting atmosphere, where the safety and care of young people is paramount.
- Working with the Team Manager/Senior Residential Care Worker to ensure proper and appropriate nurturing for all young people with particular attention to the provision of primary care in matters of food, health, clothing and environment
- Supporting day to day parenting responsibilities, undertaking daily household responsibilities such as domestic chores, cooking, shopping, taking young people to appointments/meetings, planning out the day and participation in activities with the youngpeople and supporting in homework.
- Completing daily tasks consistent with the smooth running of the home, such as handover, case recording and updating care plans, risk assessments, ensuring all information is recorded appropriately and accurately.
- Managing your own workload effectively and working as part of a team, promoting a positive culture whilst having flexible approach to the task and resilience under pressure.
- Demonstrating effective communication skills, verbal, non-verbal and written.
- Advocate for young people and enabling them to advocate for themselves whilst ensuring you are reliable, enthusiastic, creative and honest.

**Desirable. but not Essential
- Whilst we value the knowledge and understanding that experience and qualifications can bring, we also know that some of our best people have come to us from unrelated backgrounds. These people already held our core values at heart, and with the dedicationof our amazing in-house training and development team, we have supported the rest_
- Previous experience of working with young people and/or adults with health/social care/educational needs
- A Level 3 qualification in childcare/social care

**Let us look after you
Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
- Staff lotteries (_including prizes such as £1000 holiday vouchers, weekends away, theatre breaks, luxury hampers and vouchers_)
- Holiday Accrual Scheme and additional Holiday Purchase _(up to 5 days)_
- Health Shield _(Health cash plan)_
- Employee Assistance Scheme _(Application based emergency financial assistance for employees)_
- Education Grant - (_funding up to master’s level accreditation_)
- Fair Pay Panel _(The opportunity to showcase your hard work potentially resulting in 2 pay rises per year)_
- Wellbeing Initiatives - _Team Building Days, Summer Festival, Wellbeing boxes_
- Employee Assistance Programme _(24/7 counselling service)_
- Highstreet discount platform, Discounted Gym Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Leadership Courses
- Free Parking
- Annual Staff Awards/ Long Service Awards
- Pension Scheme
- Eligibility for a Blue Light Card
- £1000 Refer a Friend Scheme
- £250 Refer a Foster Carer Scheme
- £1000 Welcome Bonus

**Find your happy place - we can’t wait to meet you