laborer Horsham, England
Job description
Support Worker - Residential Children's Home
Treehouse Educare - The Farmhouse are looking to recruit Support Workers to join their new opening residential home located in a beautiful location in Horsham West Sussex.
We are looking for support workers to provide a needs led service to children by adopting a person centred approach that fosters self-awareness, personal growth and gives each person the strongest voice with regards to decision making and lifestyle choices.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensuring a firm, caring, consistent, well ordered environment is maintained at all times
- Supervising children and young people before and after the school day including meal times
- To actively promote and participate in care planning, developing risk assessments, behaviour management and to attend regular team meetings.
- Accompanying children and young people on recreational activities and demonstrating positive role modelling.
- Liaising with other staff, professionals, parents and carers as necessary and maintaining high levels of professionalism at all times.
- To maintain a log of all accidents, incidents or physical intervention and to challenge suspected inappropriate practice according to policies and procedures.
You will be able to:
- To be innovative, creative and flexible, and has an open mind and a willingness to learn.
- Able to demonstrate empathy, sensitivity, self-awareness and acceptance of others.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- To act as a positive role model at all times.
- Attend training on a regular basis to ensure that all mandatory and personal training and development needs are met in line with company requirements.
If you are looking for a new challenge and have experience in working with children and young people we would like to hear from you. We welcome and encourage show rounds of our homes where you will have an opportunity to see the location and meet with members of our friendly teams.
For more information please apply and submit your CV or alternatively please feel free to get in touch with Jemma Brooks HR Manager on 07514 314632.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 40 per week
Salary: From £12.01 per hour
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Night shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Horsham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
- Support Environment: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: SWFH
