CARE SUPPORT WORKER – CHILDREN’S HOME
SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVALIABLE FOR THIS ROLE
Are you a caring and committed individual looking for a role working with children and young people aged 5 to 19 years to live a fun and fulfilling life?
Our motto at St Elizabeth’s is ‘Live Life to the Full’. We strive to ensure that our learners can access every opportunity available to them within the local community and beyond to gain valued life experiences and continuously improve on their individual milestones and journey to independence.
SALARY PER ANNUM: £24,102 – £25,608
SALARY PER HOUR: £12.36 – £13.13
LOCATION: MUCH HADHAM, HERTFORDSHIRE
What we can offer:
- Full time and part time hours are available – between two or five shifts guaranteed each week
- Mixed pattern of early and late shifts (07:00- 14:30 and 14:15 – 21:45)
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (full time equivalent)
- Every day is different! On occasion you may be supporting in the classroom, offsite on a trip or within our amazing facilities onsite!
- Career pathway including registration onto a Level 3 in Residential Childcare or (fully funded by St Elizabeth’s)
- Onsite training and assessment team delivering a variety of learning opportunities and development opportunities
- 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday
- If you drive and are willing to support our service users to access the community, you could be eligible for a monetary voucher towards your Christmas shopping!
- For those that don’t drive or have access to a car, we offer subsidised staff transport service from Bishops Stortford, Harlow, Sawbridgeworth and Stansted Abbotts that runs in line with our shift patterns.
- Eligible for Blue Light card and other health and leisure discounts
- Free onsite parking and subsidised canteen
What you’ll be doing:
- Daily care and living support, including personal care
- Promoting independence and learning in line with wellbeing
- Encouraging fun leisure and social activities ensuring our service users are able to access the wider community
- Ensuring a safe, secure and clean home environment
- Food preparation and cooking meals
- Administering medication (full training provided)
Who we’re looking for:
We are looking for individuals that are deeply passionate about supporting children, young people and adults to ensure they achieve their aspirations and forge brighter futures. Ideally, you will have some previous experience of working in care or education, but if you can commit to being dedicated, patient and adaptable with excellent communication skills, then you are exactly the person we need!
How do I apply?
Please complete an application form and upload an up-to-date CV on our website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route, and so drivers are desirable. The salary range advertised is based on full-time equivalent and appointment on the scale is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience. Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply quickly. We reserve the right to close an advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
At St Elizabeth’s we always embrace equality and aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. Additionally, we are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community; every addition to our centre is a valued one. Therefore, if you require any reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do not hesitate to contact us as soon as possible.
Safeguarding
St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Some of our 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. Our vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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