175 Care Work jobs in Hetton le Hole
Crisis Support Worker For Young People
Posted 25 days ago
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Make a Real Difference – Become a Children’s Support Worker with Paragon Social Care
Are you ready to make a lasting impact in a young person’s life?
At Paragon Social Care, that’s what our team does every day – and we’d love you to be part of it.
We’re looking for caring, resilient, and dedicated people to join us as Children’s Support Workers. Whether you have previous experience in care or you’re looking for a meaningful new challenge, this is your chance to help vulnerable children feel safe, supported, and hopeful about their future.
About Us
At Paragon Social Care, our vision is simple: Excellence Through Understanding.
We provide 24/7 wraparound support for children and young people in the care of local authorities. Our role is to create safe, stable, and nurturing environments where they can grow in confidence while preparing for their next chapter.
We believe every child deserves care, compassion, and opportunity… And that starts with you.
Your day – to – day at Paragon
Every day is different, but your role could include:
- Providing trauma-informed care that makes children feel safe and supported
- Building positive relationships and encouraging healthy routines
- Supporting education, daily life skills, and personal development
- Preparing meals and attending medical or community appointments
- Advocating for young people and ensuring their voices are heard
- Using your own car to transport children when required
- Helping them develop the confidence to move forward with hope
What We’re Looking For
- Experience working with children or young people (paid or voluntary )
- A full UK driving licence and access to your own car
- Patience, empathy, and emotional resilience
- Flexibility to work a variety of shifts (including nights, weekends, and sleep-ins)
- A clear enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one )
A relevant qualification (NVQ Level 3 in Children’s Residential Care or equivalent) is desirable but not essential.
The Little Perks!
- Competitive pay: £17.50 – £28 per hour (depending on shift type)
- Extensive free training: 21 online modules plus in-person sessions in safeguarding, trauma-informed practice, positive behaviour support, and more
- Clear career progression, with opportunities to move into Senior Support Worker roles and beyond
- Flexible scheduling to support your work-life balance
- Casual dress code, company pension, and referral bonuses
Why Join Paragon Social Care?
This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to make a real and lasting difference!
Every day, you’ll play a vital role in creating stability, inspiring confidence, and helping young people believe in their future.
If you bring the passion, we’ll provide the training, guidance, and opportunities for you to thrive.
Apply today and start building the career, and the impact, you’ve been looking for.
Support Worker
Posted 12 days ago
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Key Responsibilities:
- Provide direct support to individuals with a range of needs, including physical, learning, or mental health challenges.
- Assist with personal care tasks such as bathing, dressing, and feeding, always maintaining dignity and respect.
- Support individuals in engaging in daily activities, hobbies, and social outings within the community.
- Help individuals to manage their medication, following established protocols.
- Monitor and record individuals' progress, reporting any concerns or changes in their condition to the appropriate supervisor.
- Work collaboratively with other care professionals, families, and support networks to ensure a holistic approach to care.
- Promote independence and choice for individuals, encouraging them to participate in decisions about their lives.
- Maintain a safe and clean living environment for those in your care.
- Adhere to all organizational policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Attend regular training sessions and team meetings to enhance skills and knowledge.
Qualifications:
- A caring, patient, and compassionate nature is essential.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently.
- Willingness to undertake relevant training and qualifications, such as NVQ/QCF Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care, is advantageous.
- Basic IT literacy for record-keeping.
- Reliability and a strong sense of responsibility.
- Previous experience in a care or support role is desirable but not essential; comprehensive training will be provided.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK.
- A satisfactory enhanced DBS check will be required.
- Commitment to working within the **Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK** area.
Support worker
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Main purpose of the Job: To provide advice, assistance and support to young people, safeguarding their welfare at all times.To attend to their practical, physical and emotional needs. To act as an appropriate role model and to work closely with them to enable them to address their difficulties and achieve their optimum potential.
Equality & Diversity: All young people are equally entitled to have their needs met in a fair and balanced way. Residential Care Workers are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any young person or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation or any other perceived difference.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide care for young people through:
- Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare (cooking, cleaning etc)
- Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard
- Meeting the physical, emotional, behavioural, cultural and educational needs of young people
- Acting as a role model and demonstrating appropriate pro-social ways of dealing with problems
- Helping young people gain self control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding
- acceptable, pro-social conduct.
- • Ensuring that each young person’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs
To act as a key worker through:
- Taking responsibility for a small number of young people and ensuring that their needs are fully met
- Establishing relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding
- Providing advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties
- Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress
- Being ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential
- Providing support for young people in their education and extra curricular activities
- Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager
- Empowering young people and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future
- Acting as an advocate at meetings where the young person is the subject of discussion
- Encouraging the young person to develop links with the community, attend off-site activities and expand their personal social network
To work as part of a team through:
- Being aware of the aims and objectives of the home and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve them
- Attending team/ staff meetings and making a positive contribution to them
- Actively contributing to the development of the team
- Receiving and storing information to improve communication
- Being willing to give and receive feedback on performance with colleagues and managers
- Being aware of childcare plans for all young people and providing support for colleagues by maintaining consistency in the execution of those plans
- Providing informal practical and emotional support to colleagues experiencing difficulties
- Attending and contributing to regular supervision sessions in line with the National Minimum standards
- Monitoring the conduct of colleagues and referring on any causes for concern (Whistleblowing)
- Being familiar with all policies and procedures and adhering to them?
General:
- Attending young people’s meetings and contributing to them
- Driving company vehicles (current driving licence holders subject to procedures)
- Receiving training appropriate to role and maintaining an up to date training profile
- Responsibility for the accurate maintenance of financial records appropriate to the duties of the post
- Responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and colleagues in accordance with the requirements of the organisational Health and Safety Policies
- To carry out all other reasonable tasks as directed by the line manager
Support Worker
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Come and join the UK's largest provider of complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.
We'd like you to join us as a Support Worker at our service Burbank Mews in Hartlepool.
Burbank Mews is a registered service for adults with learning disabilities or autism made up of 6 individual purpose built bungalows. We're committed to helping every person we support feel safe, happy, empowered enabling them to live the best life possible.
What you'll be working:
- Variable hours available
- Days and nights to choose from
- On a rota basis working every other weekend
- Keeping people safe from any harm and protecting their human rights.
What you'll have:
- Willingness to learn
- A passion for care
- Being you
- Working as a team and independently
- Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS
We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.
What to look forward to:
- 25 days plus bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
- Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
- Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
- A Nest Personal Pension account
- Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians
- We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
- Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
- Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 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
Support Worker
Posted 1 day ago
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Did you know there are thousands of children across the country in incorrect or unsuitable care placements?
That’s thousands of children who do not have access to the care and support they need to thrive, thousands of children being let down repeatedly and thousands of children who are misunderstood.
Enter Protective Care Group , we exist to provide what we know is missing. We use a trauma informed approach, look past the challenging behaviour and recognise that beneath everything, there is a child who desperately needs the specialist support that our teams provide.
All the young people in our care receive:
- Robust, consistent, trauma informed care.
- Staff who won’t give up, no matter how challenging it gets.
- Truly person-centred care in solo residential placements.
- Care delivered by professionals trained in safeguarding, de-escalation, and therapeutic approaches.
To date, we have never given up on a young person, this has only been possible due to the hard work, understanding, experience and dedication our teams show daily.
Requirements
What are we looking for in our Support Workers?
We recently asked one of our young people what they want in a support worker, they said ‘someone that is kind, someone that will help them and someone who will get involved in their hobbies’. As we are person centred it’s only right we take their lead.
Due to the level of care that we provide, we are looking for people that fit the following requirements:
- Resilient and able to manage challenging behaviour such as severe physical aggression, verbal aggression, sexualised behaviour, CSE and CCE vulnerabilities, self harm and absconding. You will need to keep up with them emotionally, mentally and physically (behaviour may mean that running after a young person or being involved in a physical intervention is likely).
- Provide guidance, coaching and mentorship to all children in our care (and not take it personally if they do the opposite repeatedly).
- Confidently and calmly de-escalate situations and behaviours that are challenging for our young people.
- Be non-judgemental, our young people have potential despite the extremely challenging behaviour they exhibit, their complex needs and the adversities like trauma, abuse and criminalisation that they may have experienced so far in their lives.
- Have an open mind to working in a new way which may be different to what you are used to.
- Be adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of our young people and provide them with an exceptional level of care.
Because this role involves managing extremely challenging behaviours, we’re looking for people who are not only caring and passionate about supporting young people’s growth, but also resilient and able to stay calm under pressure. Although full training will be provided for all of our Support Workers, if you have experience in front-line roles such as the police, military, ambulance service, prison service, educational services or similar environments - we’d love to hear from you!
You must be:
- Flexible and able to work a varied shift pattern, such as 4 on 4 off (including day shifts, waking nights, and sleep-ins – this could be for the whole of your rotation, so be prepared to stay away from home if needed). You may be placed in any of our teams across the North East . We carefully match Support Workers to the young people and teams where they’ll be the best fit, which means your placement might not be the one closest to home.
- In possession of a full UK manual driving licence (we currently cannot accept provisional, automatic or international driving licences).
If you don’t currently hold a qualification, don’t worry! We’ll support you every step of the way and fully fund your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare. All we ask is that you’re committed to working towards this qualification as part of your role.
It’s important that you understand all aspects of the role before of applying, like the working hours, possible working locations and the types of challenges you may encounter. Please follow this link to find out more:
Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments or support in order to proceed with this application.
Benefits
What you’ll get:
The ultimate reward is knowing you have made a difference to a young person however, all our support workers also receive:
- £32,000 base salary + a £0 shift uplift for every shift that you work and an additional 00 for every sleep-in.
- Fully funded industry recognised qualifications
- Clear pathways for internal career growth
- Paid annual leave that grows with service
- Sick pay, company pension & employee wellbeing support (including free counselling)
Support Worker
Posted 1 day ago
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Did you know there are thousands of children across the country in incorrect or unsuitable care placements?
That’s thousands of children who do not have access to the care and support they need to thrive, thousands of children being let down repeatedly and thousands of children who are misunderstood.
Enter Protective Care Group , we exist to provide what we know is missing. We use a trauma informed approach, look past the challenging behaviour and recognise that beneath everything, there is a child who desperately needs the specialist support that our teams provide.
All the young people in our care receive:
- Robust, consistent, trauma informed care.
- Staff who won’t give up, no matter how challenging it gets.
- Truly person-centred care in solo residential placements.
- Care delivered by professionals trained in safeguarding, de-escalation, and therapeutic approaches.
To date, we have never given up on a young person, this has only been possible due to the hard work, understanding, experience and dedication our teams show daily.
Requirements
What are we looking for in our Support Workers?
We recently asked one of our young people what they want in a support worker, they said ‘someone that is kind, someone that will help them and someone who will get involved in their hobbies’. As we are person centred it’s only right we take their lead.
Due to the level of care that we provide, we are looking for people that fit the following requirements:
- Resilient and able to manage challenging behaviour such as severe physical aggression, verbal aggression, sexualised behaviour, CSE and CCE vulnerabilities, self harm and absconding. You will need to keep up with them emotionally, mentally and physically (behaviour may mean that running after a young person or being involved in a physical intervention is likely).
- Provide guidance, coaching and mentorship to all children in our care (and not take it personally if they do the opposite repeatedly).
- Confidently and calmly de-escalate situations and behaviours that are challenging for our young people.
- Be non-judgemental, our young people have potential despite the extremely challenging behaviour they exhibit, their complex needs and the adversities like trauma, abuse and criminalisation that they may have experienced so far in their lives.
- Have an open mind to working in a new way which may be different to what you are used to.
- Be adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of our young people and provide them with an exceptional level of care.
Because this role involves managing extremely challenging behaviours, we’re looking for people who are not only caring and passionate about supporting young people’s growth, but also resilient and able to stay calm under pressure. Although full training will be provided for all of our Support Workers, if you have experience in front-line roles such as the police, military, ambulance service, prison service, educational services or similar environments - we’d love to hear from you!
You must be:
- Flexible and able to work a varied shift pattern, such as 4 on 4 off (including day shifts, waking nights, and sleep-ins – this could be for the whole of your rotation, so be prepared to stay away from home if needed). You may be placed in any of our teams across the North East . We carefully match Support Workers to the young people and teams where they’ll be the best fit, which means your placement might not be the one closest to home.
- In possession of a full UK manual driving licence (we currently cannot accept provisional, automatic or international driving licences).
If you don’t currently hold a qualification, don’t worry! We’ll support you every step of the way and fully fund your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare. All we ask is that you’re committed to working towards this qualification as part of your role.
It’s important that you understand all aspects of the role before of applying, like the working hours, possible working locations and the types of challenges you may encounter. Please follow this link to find out more:
Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments or support in order to proceed with this application.
Benefits
What you’ll get:
The ultimate reward is knowing you have made a difference to a young person however, all our support workers also receive:
- £32,000 base salary + a £0 shift uplift for every shift that you work and an additional 00 for every sleep-in.
- Fully funded industry recognised qualifications
- Clear pathways for internal career growth
- Paid annual leave that grows with service
- Sick pay, company pension & employee wellbeing support (including free counselling)
Support Worker
Posted 1 day ago
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Job Description
Did you know there are thousands of children across the country in incorrect or unsuitable care placements?
That’s thousands of children who do not have access to the care and support they need to thrive, thousands of children being let down repeatedly and thousands of children who are misunderstood.
Enter Protective Care Group , we exist to provide what we know is missing. We use a trauma informed approach, look past the challenging behaviour and recognise that beneath everything, there is a child who desperately needs the specialist support that our teams provide.
All the young people in our care receive:
- Robust, consistent, trauma informed care.
- Staff who won’t give up, no matter how challenging it gets.
- Truly person-centred care in solo residential placements.
- Care delivered by professionals trained in safeguarding, de-escalation, and therapeutic approaches.
To date, we have never given up on a young person, this has only been possible due to the hard work, understanding, experience and dedication our teams show daily.
Requirements
What are we looking for in our Support Workers?
We recently asked one of our young people what they want in a support worker, they said ‘someone that is kind, someone that will help them and someone who will get involved in their hobbies’. As we are person centred it’s only right we take their lead.
Due to the level of care that we provide, we are looking for people that fit the following requirements:
- Resilient and able to manage challenging behaviour such as severe physical aggression, verbal aggression, sexualised behaviour, CSE and CCE vulnerabilities, self harm and absconding. You will need to keep up with them emotionally, mentally and physically (behaviour may mean that running after a young person or being involved in a physical intervention is likely).
- Provide guidance, coaching and mentorship to all children in our care (and not take it personally if they do the opposite repeatedly).
- Confidently and calmly de-escalate situations and behaviours that are challenging for our young people.
- Be non-judgemental, our young people have potential despite the extremely challenging behaviour they exhibit, their complex needs and the adversities like trauma, abuse and criminalisation that they may have experienced so far in their lives.
- Have an open mind to working in a new way which may be different to what you are used to.
- Be adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of our young people and provide them with an exceptional level of care.
Because this role involves managing extremely challenging behaviours, we’re looking for people who are not only caring and passionate about supporting young people’s growth, but also resilient and able to stay calm under pressure. Although full training will be provided for all of our Support Workers, if you have experience in front-line roles such as the police, military, ambulance service, prison service, educational services or similar environments - we’d love to hear from you!
You must be:
- Flexible and able to work a varied shift pattern, such as 4 on 4 off (including day shifts, waking nights, and sleep-ins – this could be for the whole of your rotation, so be prepared to stay away from home if needed). You may be placed in any of our teams across the North East . We carefully match Support Workers to the young people and teams where they’ll be the best fit, which means your placement might not be the one closest to home.
- In possession of a full UK manual driving licence (we currently cannot accept provisional, automatic or international driving licences).
If you don’t currently hold a qualification, don’t worry! We’ll support you every step of the way and fully fund your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare. All we ask is that you’re committed to working towards this qualification as part of your role.
It’s important that you understand all aspects of the role before of applying, like the working hours, possible working locations and the types of challenges you may encounter. Please follow this link to find out more:
Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments or support in order to proceed with this application.
Benefits
What you’ll get:
The ultimate reward is knowing you have made a difference to a young person however, all our support workers also receive:
- £32,000 base salary + a £0 shift uplift for every shift that you work and an additional 00 for every sleep-in.
- Fully funded industry recognised qualifications
- Clear pathways for internal career growth
- Paid annual leave that grows with service
- Sick pay, company pension & employee wellbeing support (including free counselling)
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Support Worker
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Did you know there are thousands of children across the country in incorrect or unsuitable care placements?
That’s thousands of children who do not have access to the care and support they need to thrive, thousands of children being let down repeatedly and thousands of children who are misunderstood.
Enter Protective Care Group , we exist to provide what we know is missing. We use a trauma informed approach, look past the challenging behaviour and recognise that beneath everything, there is a child who desperately needs the specialist support that our teams provide.
All the young people in our care receive:
- Robust, consistent, trauma informed care.
- Staff who won’t give up, no matter how challenging it gets.
- Truly person-centred care in solo residential placements.
- Care delivered by professionals trained in safeguarding, de-escalation, and therapeutic approaches.
To date, we have never given up on a young person, this has only been possible due to the hard work, understanding, experience and dedication our teams show daily.
Requirements
What are we looking for in our Support Workers?
We recently asked one of our young people what they want in a support worker, they said ‘someone that is kind, someone that will help them and someone who will get involved in their hobbies’. As we are person centred it’s only right we take their lead.
Due to the level of care that we provide, we are looking for people that fit the following requirements:
- Resilient and able to manage challenging behaviour such as severe physical aggression, verbal aggression, sexualised behaviour, CSE and CCE vulnerabilities, self harm and absconding. You will need to keep up with them emotionally, mentally and physically (behaviour may mean that running after a young person or being involved in a physical intervention is likely).
- Provide guidance, coaching and mentorship to all children in our care (and not take it personally if they do the opposite repeatedly).
- Confidently and calmly de-escalate situations and behaviours that are challenging for our young people.
- Be non-judgemental, our young people have potential despite the extremely challenging behaviour they exhibit, their complex needs and the adversities like trauma, abuse and criminalisation that they may have experienced so far in their lives.
- Have an open mind to working in a new way which may be different to what you are used to.
- Be adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of our young people and provide them with an exceptional level of care.
Because this role involves managing extremely challenging behaviours, we’re looking for people who are not only caring and passionate about supporting young people’s growth, but also resilient and able to stay calm under pressure. Although full training will be provided for all of our Support Workers, if you have experience in front-line roles such as the police, military, ambulance service, prison service, educational services or similar environments - we’d love to hear from you!
You must be:
- Flexible and able to work a varied shift pattern, such as 4 on 4 off (including day shifts, waking nights, and sleep-ins – this could be for the whole of your rotation, so be prepared to stay away from home if needed). You may be placed in any of our teams across the North East . We carefully match Support Workers to the young people and teams where they’ll be the best fit, which means your placement might not be the one closest to home.
- In possession of a full UK manual driving licence (we currently cannot accept provisional, automatic or international driving licences).
If you don’t currently hold a qualification, don’t worry! We’ll support you every step of the way and fully fund your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare. All we ask is that you’re committed to working towards this qualification as part of your role.
It’s important that you understand all aspects of the role before of applying, like the working hours, possible working locations and the types of challenges you may encounter. Please follow this link to find out more:
Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments or support in order to proceed with this application.
Benefits
What you’ll get:
The ultimate reward is knowing you have made a difference to a young person however, all our support workers also receive:
- £32,000 base salary + a £0 shift uplift for every shift that you work and an additional 00 for every sleep-in.
- Fully funded industry recognised qualifications
- Clear pathways for internal career growth
- Paid annual leave that grows with service
- Sick pay, company pension & employee wellbeing support (including free counselling)
Support Worker
Posted 12 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
Did you know there are thousands of children across the country in incorrect or unsuitable care placements?
That’s thousands of children who do not have access to the care and support they need to thrive, thousands of children being let down repeatedly and thousands of children who are misunderstood.
Enter Protective Care Group , we exist to provide what we know is missing. We use a trauma informed approach, look past the challenging behaviour and recognise that beneath everything, there is a child who desperately needs the specialist support that our teams provide.
All the young people in our care receive:
- Robust, consistent, trauma informed care.
- Staff who won’t give up, no matter how challenging it gets.
- Truly person-centred care in solo residential placements.
- Care delivered by professionals trained in safeguarding, de-escalation, and therapeutic approaches.
To date, we have never given up on a young person, this has only been possible due to the hard work, understanding, experience and dedication our teams show daily.
Requirements
What are we looking for in our Support Workers?
We recently asked one of our young people what they want in a support worker, they said ‘someone that is kind, someone that will help them and someone who will get involved in their hobbies’. As we are person centred it’s only right we take their lead.
Due to the level of care that we provide, we are looking for people that fit the following requirements:
- Resilient and able to manage challenging behaviour such as severe physical aggression, verbal aggression, sexualised behaviour, CSE and CCE vulnerabilities, self harm and absconding. You will need to keep up with them emotionally, mentally and physically (behaviour may mean that running after a young person or being involved in a physical intervention is likely).
- Provide guidance, coaching and mentorship to all children in our care (and not take it personally if they do the opposite repeatedly).
- Confidently and calmly de-escalate situations and behaviours that are challenging for our young people.
- Be non-judgemental, our young people have potential despite the extremely challenging behaviour they exhibit, their complex needs and the adversities like trauma, abuse and criminalisation that they may have experienced so far in their lives.
- Have an open mind to working in a new way which may be different to what you are used to.
- Be adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of our young people and provide them with an exceptional level of care.
Because this role involves managing extremely challenging behaviours, we’re looking for people who are not only caring and passionate about supporting young people’s growth, but also resilient and able to stay calm under pressure. Although full training will be provided for all of our Support Workers, if you have experience in front-line roles such as the police, military, ambulance service, prison service or similar environments — we’d love to hear from you!
You must be:
- Flexible and able to work a varied shift pattern, such as 4 on 4 off (including day shifts, waking nights, and sleep-ins – this could be for the whole of your rotation, so be prepared to stay away from home if needed). You may be placed in any of our teams across the North East . We carefully match Support Workers to the young people and teams where they’ll be the best fit, which means your placement might not be the one closest to home.
- In possession of a full UK manual driving licence (we currently cannot accept provisional, automatic or international driving licences).
If you don’t currently hold a qualification, don’t worry! We’ll support you every step of the way and fully fund your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare. All we ask is that you’re committed to working towards this qualification as part of your role.
It’s important that you understand all aspects of the role before of applying, like the working hours, possible working locations and the types of challenges you may encounter. Please follow this link to find out more:
Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments or support in order to proceed with this application.
Benefits
What you’ll get:
The ultimate reward is knowing you have made a difference to a young person however, all our support workers also receive:
- £32,000 base salary + a £0 shift uplift for every shift that you work and an additional 00 for every sleep-in.
- Fully funded industry recognised qualifications
- Clear pathways for internal career growth
- Paid annual leave that grows with service
- Sick pay, company pension & employee wellbeing support (including free counselling)
Support Worker
Posted 12 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
Did you know there are thousands of children across the country in incorrect or unsuitable care placements?
That’s thousands of children who do not have access to the care and support they need to thrive, thousands of children being let down repeatedly and thousands of children who are misunderstood.
Enter Protective Care Group , we exist to provide what we know is missing. We use a trauma informed approach, look past the challenging behaviour and recognise that beneath everything, there is a child who desperately needs the specialist support that our teams provide.
All the young people in our care receive:
- Robust, consistent, trauma informed care.
- Staff who won’t give up, no matter how challenging it gets.
- Truly person-centred care in solo residential placements.
- Care delivered by professionals trained in safeguarding, de-escalation, and therapeutic approaches.
To date, we have never given up on a young person, this has only been possible due to the hard work, understanding, experience and dedication our teams show daily.
Requirements
What are we looking for in our Support Workers?
We recently asked one of our young people what they want in a support worker, they said ‘someone that is kind, someone that will help them and someone who will get involved in their hobbies’. As we are person centred it’s only right we take their lead.
Due to the level of care that we provide, we are looking for people that fit the following requirements:
- Resilient and able to manage challenging behaviour such as severe physical aggression, verbal aggression, sexualised behaviour, CSE and CCE vulnerabilities, self harm and absconding. You will need to keep up with them emotionally, mentally and physically (behaviour may mean that running after a young person or being involved in a physical intervention is likely).
- Provide guidance, coaching and mentorship to all children in our care (and not take it personally if they do the opposite repeatedly).
- Confidently and calmly de-escalate situations and behaviours that are challenging for our young people.
- Be non-judgemental, our young people have potential despite the extremely challenging behaviour they exhibit, their complex needs and the adversities like trauma, abuse and criminalisation that they may have experienced so far in their lives.
- Have an open mind to working in a new way which may be different to what you are used to.
- Be adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of our young people and provide them with an exceptional level of care.
Because this role involves managing extremely challenging behaviours, we’re looking for people who are not only caring and passionate about supporting young people’s growth, but also resilient and able to stay calm under pressure. Although full training will be provided for all of our Support Workers, if you have experience in front-line roles such as the police, military, ambulance service, prison service or similar environments — we’d love to hear from you!
You must be:
- Flexible and able to work a varied shift pattern, such as 4 on 4 off (including day shifts, waking nights, and sleep-ins – this could be for the whole of your rotation, so be prepared to stay away from home if needed). You may be placed in any of our teams across the North East . We carefully match Support Workers to the young people and teams where they’ll be the best fit, which means your placement might not be the one closest to home.
- In possession of a full UK manual driving licence (we currently cannot accept provisional, automatic or international driving licences).
If you don’t currently hold a qualification, don’t worry! We’ll support you every step of the way and fully fund your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare. All we ask is that you’re committed to working towards this qualification as part of your role.
It’s important that you understand all aspects of the role before of applying, like the working hours, possible working locations and the types of challenges you may encounter. Please follow this link to find out more:
Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments or support in order to proceed with this application.
Benefits
What you’ll get:
The ultimate reward is knowing you have made a difference to a young person however, all our support workers also receive:
- £32,000 base salary + a £0 shift uplift for every shift that you work and an additional 00 for every sleep-in.
- Fully funded industry recognised qualifications
- Clear pathways for internal career growth
- Paid annual leave that grows with service
- Sick pay, company pension & employee wellbeing support (including free counselling)