Support Worker
confidential Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | Not mentioned |
|---|---|
| Location | Loughborough LE11 |
| Type | Full-time |
Job Description
3 x Full time Permanent
1 x Part time 18.5hrs Fixed Term for 12 Months
2 x Part time 18.5hrs fixed for 6 Months
JOB PURPOSE:
To provide direct high quality integrated family support and childcare services to children and young people as part of a family support/safeguarding plan, including kinship and foster carers, care leavers and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children where appropriate.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- NVQ level 3 in childcare qualification (NNEB/NVQ3) or equivalent
- Previous experience of caring for children or young people in a personal, voluntary or statutory capacity or experience of working to protect and improve the life changes of children or young people
- Experience in a social care setting
- Experience of working with service users from different cultural backgrounds
- Written skills sufficient to produce clear and accurate records.
- Verbal and interpersonal skills to communicate clearly with children, young people, families, colleagues and professionals.
- Able to encourage independence.
- Ability to work in a multi-agency context.
- Ability to understand and carry out Departmental instructions and procedures
- Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
- Ability to advise and support families and young people of domestic and personal care tasks
- Able to apply principles of equal opportunities in practice
- Able to travel to designated locations
- Current driving licence and access to a car
This post is the subject of a DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity
Please see the Job Description / Person Specification which are attached further down on this page
For informal enquires please contact Julie Page , Tel: 0116 305 3311 Email: julie.page@leics.gov.uk
We are on a journey to be an inclusive department where a culture to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion is embedded and discrimination challenged at every level together as a department. We warmly welcome those from all cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – this diversity is vital to our journey and is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our children and families. We particularly welcome applicants from black, minority, ethnic (BME) communities, disabled people and lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities, as they are currently under represented within our workforce.
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