Role: Support Worker
Location: Across the North West of England and North Wales
Pay: £15 - £20ph
Hours:
- Long days (8am - 11pm) and sleep in
- Shorter day shifts with varied times
- 12 hour shifts 8am - 8pm or 8pm - 8am
About the role
These roles will be working with children and young people with a range of Mental Health issues. You will be required to have experience working in a similar role. These positions are on a 2 to 1 basis.
Duties include:
- You will be required to ensure that children and young people are provided with the highest quality of care possible and to assist them reaching their fullest potential.
- To ensure children's safety and well-being is appropriately protected at all times
- To provide high standard help, care and support
- To enable clients / families or children and young people (as appropriate) to enjoy a range of food and support them to buy their food from various places including markets/ super markets or specialist shops
The young people involved in these placements can have a range of needs, including:
- Challenging & aggressive behaviour
- Learning disability
- Autistic Spectrum Condition
- ADHD
- Personality Disorder
- Self-Injury
- M.H diagnosis
- Victims of the range of abuses
- Inappropriate behaviours
Criteria for these roles are:
- Child and Adult DBS - on the update service
- Previous Experience in a similar role
- NVQ Level 3 in childcare or equivalent (desirable not essential)
- References covering the last 3 years
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