Support Worker

• Daily living support: helping children with daily routines, meal preparation, personal care (where required), and attending school or social activities
• Emotional & behavioral support: building trust and using positive behavior strategies to help children manage big emotions and navigate challenging moments safely
• Creating fun & structure: planning engaging, enriching activities-like trips to the park, arts and crafts, or sports-that promote development and happiness
• Progress tracking: writing clear, accurate daily logs and incident reports to ensure the wider care and social work teams are fully informed

• A minimum of 6 months of experience working as a children's support worker or in a similar professional childcare/crisis support environment
• Strong communication skills: a good level of English reading and writing
• The ability to think on your feet
• Empathy & resilience
• be able to manage challenging situations
• be person centred
• can work as an individual or part of a team
• caring
• competent at dealing with all stakeholders
• critical thinking
• emotional intelligence
• empathy
• handling medication
• non-judgemental
• oral communication
• organisational
• passionate
• patience
• report writing (incident logs and daily plans etc)
• resilient
• show initiative
• time management
• tolerance
• understanding
• work well under pressure
• written communication

Children services

• Excellent pay: highly competitive rates between £16.00 and £18.00 per hour
• True flexibility: whether you need full-time stability or part-time hours to fit around your lifestyle, we can make it work
• Rewarding work: you will literally watch your hard work change a child's life story