Job Role: Working with children and young adults in support settings
Job Location: Shifts available across Merseyside
Salary: Starting from £11.50 - £12.50 per hour with additional holiday pay
Hours: Flexible hours available
Shifts: Days, Nights, Earlies, Lates, Sleep In’s
Here at Servoca we give you the choice of how often you work with a choice of shifts patterns in a range of support services across Merseyside. We are able to offer all our agency workers a great work life balance! No more being tied to rotas!
Your Support role will vary depending on the people and specialisms you’re supporting. Generally speaking you will be supporting vulnerable children and young people with many aspects of their day-to-day living.
Support Worker Duties:
1. Providing both emotional and practical support to individuals
2. Supporting them to pursue hobbies and interests or the learning of new skills
3. Teaching life skills, such as budgeting and paying bills.
4. Helping with everyday tasks such as meal preparation, writing a shopping list, going shopping or maintaining their housing tenancy
5. Helping them to access community facilities and be included in community groups
6. Understanding their communication needs and adapting your communication to each individual, e.g. sounds, tones, body language
7. Working with other professionals, such as doctors and therapists, to ensure consistency of support
8. Becoming both a role model and companion to the individual and uncovering shared interests, such as hobbies and outings