Support Worker

Role Overview & Responsibilities

About us

We are professional and supportive.

Our work environment includes:

• Relaxed atmosphere
• Safe work environment
• Growth opportunities

Fresh Start Care Solutions is looking for passionate, committed, enthusiastic, experienced children and young people residential workers. NVQ Level 2 required.

Here at Fresh Start Care we know that it’s a privilege to work with children and young people who need our support, our aim is to improve the lives of the children and young people we work with, and in turn have a positive effect on their wider relationships.

Duties

• Work within and ensure effective delivery of the policies and procedures in the client environment
• Monitor and maintain administrative requirements, ensuring that the outcome meets the standards set out in children’s legislation, and the homes working practices.
• Promote and actively encourage the delivery of a safe, structured, and nurturing environment
• Proactively engage with young people who display challenging behaviour
• Assist young people to identify unsafe, dangerous, harmful, and abusive situations, individuals and groups.
• At all times ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of the children and young people.
• Ensure a variety of intervention strategies are utilised in relation to behaviour management.
• Ensure an open culture is created with the young people in the care of the end client
• Ensure that the child or young person is safe in terms of safeguarding protocols

The benefits of working with Fresh Start Care Solutions:

• Mandatory Training Part funded
• 5.6 weeks annual leave
• Full support with CPD
• A phone app for you to update your availability and book your work in
• We are open 7 days a week 24 hours a day making more shift

The requirements of an agency Support Worker for young persons':

• Caring nature with good communication skills
• Enthusiastic and friendly
• Flexible and reliable
• Passionate
• Person Centred
• Experienced

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Zero hours contract
Part-time hours: 28 per week

Salary: £10.00-£11.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• No weekends
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Commission pay
• Loyalty bonus
• Performance bonus
• Quarterly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Romford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Experience:

• Support Environment: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (required)

Work Location: In person