Weekend Support Worker

Please note that for genuine occupational requirements we require male support workers for this client.

Are you looking for a role for day shifts on Saturdays & Sundays?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a 15 year old boy with complex health needs in his family home and out in the community?

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 his family home in Hastings.

Meet the client:

Our client is a 15 year old teenage boy. He is looking for outgoing, bubbly, enthusiastic and spontaneous support workers to take him out and about as he likes to go on adventures. He also enjoys playing football.

When you'll be working:

• Weekends only
• Saturday and Sunday day shifts (10 hours long - shifts times to be confirmed but likely 8am-6pm / 9am-7pm)
• 1 week: Saturdays and Sundays, 2nd week: Sundays only. And continues to alternate like that
• 20 hours one week / 10 hours the following week
• Part Time

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support a 15 year old teenage boy with complex health needs in his family home and out in the community at the weekends. This will involve supporting him with medication, personal care, managing challenging behaviour and building a good rapport in your communications with him. You will also take him out and about on adventures as he enjoys going out and playing football.

All shifts will be double ups, so there will always be two support workers on shift together.

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

What you'll have:

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

What to look forward to:

• Up to 13.50 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

Active Care Group are an equal opportunities employer however for genuine occupational requirements we require male support workers for this client.