£11.50/hr to £12.50/hr
Newark and Sherwood, England
Permanent, Variable

Children Support Worker

Posted by Elite Employment.

We are looking for Support Workers to join our client based in Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire.

You will be part of a team of support workers who are supporting children within a residential environment who have experienced trauma and family crisis and are struggling with life and behavior to deal with these changes.

Main Duties

  • Ability to build relationships with the children
  • Talking through there issues and problems they have to establish their behavior
  • Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours
  • Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the young people
  • Establishing a positive routine and working out their own individual needs
  • Promoting a positive living environment
  • Completion of general household duties
  • Recording and reporting everything from the day
  • Any concerns about the young people are always shared with their Supervisor or Registered Manager
  • Young people are supervised effectively, a positive level of control is maintained and age-appropriate activities are devised
  • Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and boundaries with children and young people
  • Full manual driving licence
  • Able to work 24 hour shifts (if full-time)
  • Ideally Level 3 Diploma or equivalent in Health & Social Care (Caring for Children and Young People)

Elite Employment Dorset Ltd does not presently hold a Sponsorship Licence and while this status is reviewed regularly there is no present proposal to apply for such a Licence

Title: Support Worker

Location: Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire

Salary: £11.50 £12.50 depending on experience

Our aim is to contact all successful applications within 5 days of receiving your application. Should you not of heard within 5 days, please feel free to contact us to confirm that your application has been received.