Children's Support Worker

Are you looking for a part time role, for mornings/weekends?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a child with complex health needs in their family home before school / after school / at the weekends?

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care.

Within the Care in the Home division, we support children and young people with complex health needs to live at home with their families.

We'd like you to join us as a Support Worker to support our brand new client at their family home in Liverpool.

Meet the client:

Our 9 year old client loves the farm and animals and creepy crawlies –he loves holding them. He also loves swimming and museums, likes going on walks at national trust parks, hand and feet massages, bubbles and texture books and laying on the floor for a stretch. He also loves his ipad and takes with him to watch Justines House, Swash Buckle and Giggle Bizz.

When you'll be working:

• 2 x Morning shifts before school (6.30am-8.30pm). These would be on either Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday - days are not set - they will change weekly depending on clients mums rota. So you must be available to be flexible on what mornings you work each week
• Saturdays 11am - 5pm
• Either Fridays afternoons or Sunday afternoons (5.5 hour shift) - we are flexible for which of these you prefer.
• Part Time (15.5 hours a week in total)

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support a child with complex health needs in his family home, where he lives with their mum and 2 dogs.

Our client is a wheelchair user and requires hoisting, needs support with personal care and is PEG fed.

All shifts will be double up shifts.

Full training, shadow shifts and ongoing support will be provided.

What you'll have:

• Passion for working with young people
• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility & reliability
• Good communication skills

What to look forward to:

• Up to 12 per hour (depending on experience)
• Full specialist training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the Clinical Care Manager provided
• Accrued holiday pay
• Regular consistent work with rolling rotas
• Flexible zero hours contract
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1,500 by recommending someone you know
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group