Support Worker- Leaving Care #12305198

Challenging Behavior, Children, Childrens Social Care, DBS, Leaving Care, NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care, Skills, Support Worker
Preston, Oldham
December 10, 2024
£12 - £12 / hour
Permanent - Full time

Job Description

Please be aware this is a permanent post to start ASAP.

ESSENTIAL:

Experience supporting young people in a residential setting.

Salary: £12 PH
Shifts: 24 hr, 7 shifts per month (basic full time contract)
Shifts are not waking nights; you will be paid your full rate per hour for your sleep
Shifts are 24 hours based on a rolling rota of 1 on 3 off, 10:00 – 10:00.
Overtime available

Our Clients Service

Our Client is committed to supporting young people throughout their journey’s whether that be in children’s homes, fostering or leaving care. We are looking to recruit support staff to join our clients Family within there leaving care service. Working with young people aged 16+ with a wide range of support needs, you will be supporting and guiding them to developing their life skills to enable them to live independently.

Role Overview

  • Be part of a multi-agency team of professionals
  • Lone working with the service user
  • Sleep in shifts
  • Promoting, supporting and empowering young people to engage in education, training or employment
  • Developing life skills for example, meal preparation, house cleaning, washing, what to do in emergency situations, financial planning
  • Support, empower and enable the young people to understand life post 18 and make positive choices for their future independence

About you

Do you have a can-do attitude, are you passionate and resilient and committed to supporting young people to ensure positive outcomes.
You will need to be adaptable, flexible, and work as part of a team to ensure that our clients values are delivered.

Must Haves:

  • Calm under pressure
  • Computer literate
  • Ability to prioritise
  • Assertive decision making
  • Resilience
  • Crisis management
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills
  • Engaging
  • Motivating

Benefits:

  • Pension
  • Life Assurance and Critical Illness plans
  • Cash Medical plans
  • DBS cost covered
  • Full company induction including shadow working
  • Training
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Colleague recognition
  • Store discounts through perks at work
  • Career development opportunity

Please be aware this is a permanent post to start ASAP.

Benefits of working with Semester.co.uk:

  • Free on-going training opportunities upon registering as part of our clients commitment to you.
  • Competitive Rates of pay
  • In house payroll, providing weekly payments and support
  • Enhanced DBS completed.
  • Support and expert advice from an approachable, dedicated and friendly team
  • An assigned dedicated & experienced consultant
  • Various employment opportunities in your preferred geographical area

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