Care Support Worker - Children's Home

Care Support Worker - Children's Home

Location: Much Hadham, Hertfordshire
Salary: £25,066 - £26,632 (based on full time hours, part time applications are also welcome)
Hours: 37.5

We can offer:

- Full or part time working pattern (earlies, 7am - 2:30pm and lates, 2:15pm - 9:45pm)
- 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
- 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday
- Automatic enrolment onto the Level 3 in Residential Childcare qualification (fully funded by Our Client)
- Discounts via "Blue Light Card"
- Fully paid for DBS
- Free on-site parking
- Discounted gym membership
- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Onsite training and assessment team delivering a variety of learning and development opportunities.
- Access to contributory pension scheme
- Staff transport service with pick-up and drop-off points in Harlow, Bishop's Stortford, Sawbridgeworth and Stansted Abbotts

What you'll be doing:

Supporting children and young people between the ages of 5 - 19 years with their care and education.
Enabling their learners to participate in activities and have fun outside of school hours including bowling, swimming, cinema trips, sports, baking and sensory groups both on and offsite.
Recording, supporting and celebrating personal achievements and milestones, keeping all documentation up to date
Developing skills according to person centred plans supporting with personal care and medication where needed

Next steps

All applications should be made on their website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note they are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, they recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. They reserve the right to close this advert if they receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

Our client embrace diversity and aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. They are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. They are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community.

Safeguarding

They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Some of their positions involve regulated activity relevant to vulnerable children, adults and young people. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Their vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Based across 60 acres of beautiful countryside,They are a charity supporting children, young people and adult day clients with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions, the severity of which impacts upon their health, social, behaviour, learning and emotional development.

Over the past 120 years,they have grown and developed to comprise a non-maintained special School for both boarders and day students, a specialist Further Education College, domiciliary care for College learners, Supported Living in the community, a comprehensive Day Opportunities programme for adult day clients and 24 hour health provision provided by specialist nurses and therapists.

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