Care & Support Worker - Children and Young People Thundridge, England
Job description
CARE AND SUPPORT WORKER - CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
£12.00 - £12.75 PER HOUR
£23,400 - £24,862 PER ANNUM
PERMANENT – FULL TIME – PART TIME
St Elizabeth’s
Based across 60 acres of Hertfordshire countryside, St Elizabeth's is a charity supporting children and young people aged 5 – 25 years old with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions, the severity of which impacts upon their health, social, behaviour, learning and emotional development. We provide support through holistic care, health and education services in a safe environment that enables vulnerable people to maximise their personal potential in all areas of life.
Your role as a Care & Support Worker
Working within either our Children’s Homes or Supported Living Service, you will play a vital role in ensuring that our children and young people have every opportunity to flourish in all aspects of life. You will ensure care, trust and fun are at the heart of our practice, enabling us to provide the highest standards of care and education to those that call St Elizabeth’s home. You will undertake tasks that are vital to a young person’s development, including but not limited to, ensuring a safe, secure and clean home environment, daily living support, promoting independence, personal care, food preparation, administering medication and promoting fun, social and learning activities.
What do I need to have?
If you are caring and passionate about working with children and young people, ideally with some previous experience of working in care or education, can commit to being dedicated, motivated and adaptable, then you are just the person we need!
What’s in it for me?
We can offer you employment on a full-time or part-time basis. Shift times are: 7.00am or 7.15am – 2.45pm (early) or 2.15pm – 9.45pm (late)
We provide full training and are proud of our training programme, which includes:
- Two-week paid induction - including shadow shifts
- QCF enrolment – Level 3 in Residential Child Care (to be completed within 2 years if working in Children’s Homes)
- Comprehensive learning and development plans designed for you
- Ongoing refresher training
Location
We are located in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire and are in easy reach of the M25, M11 and A10, although we are not on a public transport route. We do however have a subsidised staff transport service from Bishops Stortford, Harlow and Sawbridgeworth that runs in line with care staff shift patterns.
Benefits
In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits:
- From 25 days’ holiday plus 8 bank holidays
- 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday for allocated roles
- Life assurance
- Free on-site parking
- Paid for DBS
- Casual dress
- High street retail/leisure discounts
- Discounted gym membership
- Recommend a friend payment of £1000! (T&Cs apply)
- Confidential employee assistance programme
- Contributory pension scheme - eligible employees are automatically enrolled after 3 months at 5% (3% employer contribution)
How can you find out more?
Please submit an application form, which can be accessed via our website, and upload a copy of an up to date CV. If you need assistance applying, visit our main website for our direct contact details and we will do our very best to accommodate your requirements. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Salary is based on full-time hours and dependent on skills, qualifications and experience.
Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close this advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.
Diversity & Inclusion
At St Elizabeth’s we embrace diversity in all of its forms 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. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community.
Safeguarding
St Elizabeth’s is 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 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.
Registered Charity 1176777
