Outreach Support Worker

4 weeks ago


Taunton, United Kingdom Empower Family Group Full time

We are a passionate and child focused company, striving to inspire and raise standards within the sector. Our mission is to empower care by working together and learning and leading.

Earn from £ - £ – Pay dependant on days and hours worked.

You must be able to drive with a Full UK Driving Licence and have access to a reliable car. You will be required to have business insurance.

We do not offer sponsorship.

This post is only available to applicants aged over 21 as permitted under the Equality Act 2010.​

This exciting role involves working within Empower’s highly regarded community Outreach Team covering Somerset, Devon, and Bristol. You will be supporting children, families, and carers within the community and in times of crisis, supporting daily routines, providing mentor support, and helping young people and families to work through challenges.

By joining our bank team, you can also choose to work and cover shifts in our services and support our Foster Carers too Allowing you to experience a variety of different support roles.

You could be helping a baby or family in hospital, conducting supervised contact, or supporting a young person build their confidence.

We need resilient and passionate individuals who are adaptable and team players. To do this role you need to be kind and compassionate, but also not afraid of a challenge.

To make sure our children, young people and families are well cared for and supported, it is important that you have worked with or have some experience of caring for children and young people. However, we don’t expect you to know everything, and our team are friendly and supportive, and will be with you every step of the way.

Our bank roles are community-based roles, which means you will need to travel around to spend time with children, young people and their carers or visit the office. Therefore, you will need to be able to drive and have access to a car, with business insurance.

This role is subject to the successful application having an enhanced DBS check for child and adult workforce with barred list checks. The successful candidate will be required to pay upfront for their enhanced DBS check, this will be refunded once you have completed 100 hours of work.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands, and final warnings that are not protected ( that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 & 2023).

This post is only available to applicants aged over 21 as permitted under the Equality Act 2010.


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