Prospero Health and Social Care have a range of young people support worker roles available within and around the Tameside areas.
These roles will be suitable for people who have experience working with vulnerable young people, with a range of different needs/challenges. This can include emotional behavioural difficulties, mental health issues, autism, ADHD, self-injury, challenging and aggressive behaviour, victims of the range of abuses.
Your duties as a Support Worker will include:
- Ensuring the young people's safety and well-being is always protected.
- Uphold essential safeguarding.
- Promoting education, independent living and maintain a healthy home environment.
- Professionally liaise with professionals.
Maintaining effective communication and liaison with service users, families and professionals.
- Support service users with preparation of meals, personal hygiene, cleaning and laundry - maintaining a healthy home environment.
- Providing daily observations and paperwork that are well detailed.
Criteria for these roles are:
- Previous experience in a similar role working with young people (9-12 months UK experience).
- Child and Adult DBS registered to the update service, or willingness to obtain a new one.
- Willingness to attend essential training.
- References covering the last 3 years of employment.
- Driver - preferred but not essential.
Job Type:
- Temporary, long-term temp, placements
- Long days (8am-8pm), waking nights (8pm-8am), long day sleeps (11am-11pm sleep in and 7am-11am) - hours may vary slightly.