43 Child Support Worker jobs in Stevenage

• The service is a Eating Disorders hospital in Hatfield
• The hospital is set within rural green hospital grounds, within easy reach and comes with free parking on site, making for excellent transport links for staff.
• As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will be working within a team that includes a range of professionals.
• You will work under the supervision of the Senior Nurse on shift and will need to have good communication skills, excellent team working skills, be highly self-motivated with a flexible approach, and have some appreciation of mental health conditions.

• demonstrable Knowledge and experience working within Acute Mental Health and/or eating disorders.
• Practical PMVA Training and Basic Life Support dated within 12 months.
• Mandatory Training dates within 12 months
• Fantastic communication skills
• Ability to work flexibly and commit to working hours mentioned above.
• It would be beneficial if the applicant is a driver due to the location and shift start times but there is a local bus service that has an agreement to stop at the end of the main drive for staff.

• 250 Referral Bonus Paid after completion of 150 hours for any newly registered candidates who are referred over.

• 150 Job Referral Find your own job bonus - Receive 150 for bringing your own position to us, alternatively this also applies if you are not happy with your current agency but settled in your role we can pay 150 to switch.
• FREE Registration Process including Enhanced DBS Check, Occupational Health Appointments, Mandatory and Practical Training, Uniform
• Dedicated and Experienced One-to-One Specialist Consultant
• 250 Yearly CPD/Training Allowance/Registration Body Renewal

We are supporting a specialist provider based5 miles outside of Hitchin, Hertfordshirewith theirpermanentrecruitment.

We are currently looking for aSupport Workerto work within a residential setting to provide support toadults presenting with complex health needs and acquired brain injuries.

Alongside countless benefits and progression opportunities, our client is payingbetween 12.50- 12.80per hour + 16.35 on weekends.

This is apermanent position working37.5hours per week.

Shift times:

7:45am - 8:45pm

Unfortunately we do not offer sponsorship.

DRIVING LICENSE IS A MUST!

As aSupport Worker your main responsibilities will include:

• Support service users in accordance with their needs and wishes as detailed in their person-centred support plans.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the Safeguarding of Adults and to recognise and report any disclosure, suspicion or evidence of harm, risk of harm, abuse, or neglect.
• Accurately complete documentation that forms part of their support plans and notes.
• Support the service users in staying active, healthy, and as independent as possible.
• Attend training, including induction training, team meetings and individual supervisions.
• Support people in all aspects of their daily living, such as shopping, cooking and domestic.

In return, our client is offering a whole host ofbenefits , including:

• Annual leave of 28 days plus bank holidays.
• Paid enrollment onto Level 3 Health and Social care.
• Good clear progression pathway.
• Weekend and overtime enhancements

Bank Support Worker Required - Potters Bar

Benefits:

£12.71ph

Zero Hour Contract

28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays pro rata

Flexible Additional Holiday Purchase Scheme

DBS check paid by Caretech prior to starting with us.

Full induction programme to Care Certificate Standards

Stakeholder Pension

Free Employee Assistance Programme

We offer Apprenticeships to those with less experience looking to join the Care Sector

We provide FREE training to achieve qualification in Social Care.

Carer progression within the company.

The Role:

We are providing individuals with practical and emotional care, enabling them to lead as ordinary life as they can achieve. To help them achieve this you will need to be flexible as you are required to work shifts including bank holidays, weekends and potential sleep ins.

If your best traits are positivity, friendliness and innovation then this job is for you!

Main duties and responsibilities:

To participate in the day to day implementation of individual support plans and activities within a challenging environment.

To maintain effective communication and liaison with service users, families and others whilst respecting appropriate confidentiality.

To support service users with the preparation of Meals, Laundry duties, cleaning and social events.

To maintain accurate notes and records as and when required.

To work as part of a team to provide high quality care.

Personal Characteristics:

Diploma in Health and Social Care NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent or be willing to work towards one.

Experience in supporting adults with challenging behaviour, learning disabilities and/or mental health issues.

The ability to keep calm under pressure.

The confidence to work alone or as part of a team.

Excellent communication skills

The passion to work with vulnerable adults

The desire and commitment to achieve high standards of safeguarding.

The Organisation:   

CareTech Community Services Ltd is a provider of specialist social care services supporting 5000 adults with a wide range of needs in more than 300 services across the UK. Committed to the highest standards of care and governance, we provide innovative care pathways for people to live in community settings with learning disabilities, severe physical disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder, challenging behaviour, mental health, forensic needs and acquired brain injury within a range of settings including, supported living services, shared housing, residential services and outreach.  We encourage people to take control of their lives – this could be finding employment, having an active social life, learning new skills or building self-confidence.  

Successful candidates will be required to complete a enhanced DBS disclosure prior to commencement of employment, the disclosure expense will be met by the employer.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to contact every applicant. We will be in touch 7-10 days after receipt of your CV if progressing your application to the next stage. 

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES

We are currently seeking a dedicated Support Worker to join our team in Hertfordshire. This role involves providing person-centred care to individuals with a range of needs, including those with physical or learning disabilities, mental health conditions, or elderly care requirements.

As a Support Worker , you will assist with daily living tasks such as personal care, medication, meal prep, and supporting individuals in accessing community services. The ideal candidate will be compassionate, reliable, and able to promote independence and dignity.

Requirements:

• Enhanced DBS

• MAPA certification

• Availability for full-time hours

• Strong communication skills and a caring nature

Previous experience as a Support Worker and an NVQ in Health and Social Care are desirable but not essential.

Join us and make a meaningful difference as a Support Worker in your community.

Professional Support Worker in London NW3. A fantastic opportunity for a professional *female support worker to work with a lovely adult client, aged 22 who has a diagnosis of Rett Syndrome. Up to £31,200.00 gross per annum.

Nearest Tube/Station: Hampstead Heath
Wage/Salary: £0.00 gross per hour. Up to 1,200.00 gross per annum.
Driver Essential? No
Essential : Experience working with adults with physical disabilities and providing transfers using hoists. Confident to provide personal care. Non-smoker/vaper. *This role is open to female candidates only.
Desirable: Experience supporting adults with complex care needs. Experience with PEG feeding.
Start Date: ASAP
Days & Hours: 3 or 4 weekdays, Monday – Thursday, 9.30am – 5.00pm.
Recruiter : Natasha (url removed)

About this client/child : Elena is a 22-year-old who lives with her mum in a lovely part of North London. She is calm, friendly, and enjoys spending quality time with her mum, attending day centres, and engaging in music and physiotherapy sessions. Elena has a diagnosis of Rett syndrome and requires complex care. She receives all her fluids, medication, and nutrition via a PEG, and uses both a nebuliser and a cough assist machine as part of her daily care routine. Elena requires full support with all aspects of daily living, including personal care, hoisted transfers, showering, dressing, and accessing the community.

Overview of role : We are seeking an experienced *female support worker to join Elena’s dedicated care team. Elena has an established routine, with weekdays including scheduled visits to the local day centre on Mondays and Wednesdays, accompanied by her support workers. She also enjoys weekly music and physiotherapy sessions at home. Teamwork is a key part of this role, as a second carer is present on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Elena’s mum is actively involved in her care on Mondays and Wednesdays, providing additional support. Elena thrives in a calm and peaceful environment, so it’s important that support workers approach their role with sensitivity and respect for her preferences. Ideal candidates will be confident and have experience supporting adults with physical disabilities, including personal care and using hoists for transfers. Training will be provided for Elena’s specific care needs, including PEG feeding, cough assist, and nebuliser use. The role offers 3 or 4 weekday shifts, between Monday to Thursday, 9.30am – 5.00pm, £20.00 gross p hour. Up to 1,200.00 gross per annum.

Who this job would suit: This role is ideal for an experienced *female support worker who is skilled in supporting individuals with complex needs. The right candidate will have a calm, quiet approach and thrive in a collaborative working environment.

What’s great about this job: Becoming part of Elena’s care team is a deeply rewarding opportunity. You'll have the chance to broaden your skills through specialised training in complex care, all while enjoying a competitive rate of pay and a supportive schedule with great working hours.

Who is recruiting for this role? Our client is using our Shortlist Service. Snap Care will screen applications to confirm the essential criteria for the position is met. The client will then continue the recruitment process. By applying for this vacancy, you agree to us sending your CV and contact details to our client. Please see our website for more information. 

* When a specific gender is essential, it is considered a genuine occupational requirement under paragraph 1, schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010, for a female or male worker to work with our client.  

***PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP***

Cerise Healthcare is recruiting for exceptional Support Workers to work with our client, providers of support to Adults with Learning Disabilities who reside in a Supported Living Services across the Bedford area.

Benefits to Cerise Healthcare’s Support Workers include:

• Competitive pay rates
li>Flexible hours to suit your needs
• Opportunities to progress
• Leading training courses
• Generous refer a friend scheme

Cerise Healthcare’s Support Workers understand the importance of enabling service users to lead an independent life. Providing person-centred care they actively enhance the service users’ life style and promote respect and dignity.

Support Workers will assist service users with all aspects of their life with which they require assistance, this could include;

• Managing challenging behaviour
• Assisting with their finances
• Prompting/assisting with medication
• Assisting with cooking
• Helping with household chores
• Meeting friends/attending social events
• Accessing the community

This role would suit Support Workers who have prior experience of working with those who exhibit challenging behaviour. Previous experience of personal care is required,

As well as working as part of a team there is opportunity within some the services for lone working. Cerise Healthcare require that all our workers have recent experience UK based experience in healthcare.

Cerise Healthcare partner can consider both full and part time Support Workers for this role and are able to offer flexible hours.

Support Workers for Cerise Healthcare must be able to work under their own initiative, be patient and understand that the role is changeable depending on the wishes of the service users. Cerise Healthcare ask that all Support Workers:

• Have good understanding of written and verbal English
• Have Basic numeracy skills
• Have a current DBS on the update service (or be prepared to undertake one)
• Have recent UK based health or social care experience
• Are punctual
• Are reliable
• Have knowledge of Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA)

Cerise Healthcare are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We aim to provide equality of opportunity to all persons regardless of their religious belief, gender, race, age, marital/civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity. Cerise Healthcare will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on the aforementioned; or any other qualities.

Please note that this role is subject to passing mandatory training, a successful DBS and referencing checks.

Salary: Basic salary £23,277.80 with a potential to earn up to £8,893.80 with sleep in shifts

Locations: Watford, London, Hatfield

LCS are looking for committed and enthusiastic Support Workers to work full time 35 hours plus 2 sleep ins per week with the opportunity to work additional hours. You will be working on a rota basis which may include evening and weekends. Flexibility in your availability is a must.

Our vision is to make a positive and lasting difference to young people who have been in care and are moving towards independence. We provide young people with accommodation/housing, as well as support them to move towards independent living and educational achievements.

As a Support Worker your role involves engaging, motivating and encouraging young people placed in their individual flat or shared house. Young people supported by LCS are vulnerable and you are responsible for ensuring that the home in which you are working provides a safe, welcoming and healthy environment for the young person living there.

Main Duties:

• Offer practical support and guidance to young people in line with their individual care plan to enable them to develop skills needed to live independently and to achieve in their education
• Maintain positive working relationships with young people, staff and professionals by communicating effectively at all times.
• Support a young person in Education, Employment and Training, who is working towards an accredited learning qualification, by evidencing work completed and submitting this to the relevant instructor.
• Maintain appropriate links in the community - e.g., educational provisions, sport centre, youth clubs.

All applicants must have:

• Flexibility in their availability as the roles involve shift work - sleep-in nights, evenings and weekends
• Ideally hold Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma/Children and Young People's Workforce/NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent, or be willing to study towards this
• Experience of working with attachment and trauma is desirable
• Experience of working with challenging behaviour and or mental health issues is desirable
• Have an understanding of the issues that face young people in care
• Be willing to travel so a full driving licence and access to a vehicle is desirable, although good public transport links are available in this area should you have no access to a vehicle
• Computer experience to an intermediate level

What we offer:

• On-the-Job Accredited Training
• Opportunities to gain NVQ Qualifications
• Access to accredited online courses/qualifications
• Regular Supervisions
• Pension scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• 28 days' Annual Leave (including bank holidays)
• Cost of travel is covered above to support with commute
• A potential extra earning of up to 616 with sleep in shifts ( 4 per sleep in shift)

LCS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. LCS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. You must willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.

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Support Worker - Full-Time or Part-Time

Location:  Woodford Green, London

Hours:  48 hours a week

Pay:  £13.50 to £4.50 per hour

About HomeCareDirect

HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and a leader in personalised home care.  We are committed to delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care, while supporting our staff with top-quality training, supervision and development opportunities.

Benefits of being a Personal Care Assistant

The role of this Personal Care Assistant

Our personal care assistants join our client’s support team, providing reliable, essential care and support in their home.  You will be employed by HomeCareDirect on behalf of the client and your focus will be to support them only.  This role will be to cover 48hrs a week as either one full-time post, or two part-time posts.

Pay rates are broken down as follows:

Monday to Friday 08:00 - 20:00 - £13.5 per hour

Monday to Friday 20:00 – 08:00 - £1 50 per hour (waking nights)

Weekends - 4:50 per hour

All training and supervisions are paid at 1.44 per hour

About the Client and Duties

You will be providing complex care support, as needed for our professionally and socially active, creative client to maintain independence, by assisting and facilitating our client’s health, care, personal, social, professional, educational and voluntary goals.

Essentially, the role requires you to respect our client’s autonomy and support him in performing tasks he would perform himself if he were non-disabled, as well as provide all care needs including personal care.

You will maintain and promote the safety of our client, both at home and whilst undertaking personal, social, professional and voluntary activities.

Typical duties will include:

This list is not exhaustive.

This role requires care skills, empathy, patience and the ability to work under your own initiative whist maintaining confidentiality and without hindering or interfering the client’s wishes and activities.

Training and Support:

We provide comprehensive, paid training to CQC standards covering:

All training must be completed before the start date, with training hours paid at minimum wage

Requirements:

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve.  We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

We do not provide sponsorship.

Support Worker

Postcode: SM1 2AW

Contract type: Full time, 37.5 hours

Pay: £12.30

About us

At Achieve together, we strive to support and inspire the people we care for in order to give them the resources, skills and confidence to live their lives independently, and to the fullest.

Without our incredible team of Support Workers, we simply wouldn’t be who we are today. We’re always on the hunt for hard-working, passionate people who want to make a difference and help others – so what are you waiting for?

Become a Support Worker and shape lives
As a Support Worker, you’ll deliver excellent care, celebrate achievements, encourage fun and creativity and engage directly with our wider community. This is more than just a job – you’ll be helping the individuals we care for gain independence and live healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.

At Achieve together, you’ll embark on a career adventure like no other, with dedicated training opportunities along the way to develop your skills as a Support Worker and beyond. Whatever your aspirations, we can help you reach your goals and forge a long-lasting career in social care.

You will support people both in their home and in their local communities and we have a range of working patterns to suit you, including full time, part time and flexible opportunities.

We offer a range of exciting benefits, such as:

• Flexible hours to suit a range of lifestyles
• Career progression and training opportunities
• Employee welfare and wellbeing initiatives
• Recognition schemes, team events and social activities
• Employee discount schemes across a range of retailers and services
• Wagestream - a financial health app that gives you the ability to receive optional pay advances
• Staff incentive schemes such as Refer a Friend, Employee of the Month and Heroes Awards

About you
Although it would be beneficial to have some experience of healthcare work, it isn’t absolutely necessary as we provide full training. As long as you’re passionate, hard-working and empathetic, you’ll fit right in.

Join the team today and begin sharing moments and shaping lives.