Do you have previous experience with autism and challenging behaviour?
Would you love a rewarding role, supporting children in their family homes?
Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care.
Within the Care in the Home division, we support children within their family homes.
We'd like you to join us as a Support Worker to care for our growing CYP (children & young people) client base in Liverpool.
What you'll be doing:
We are expanding our children's care packages in the Liverpool area. Therefore, we are looking to grow our team.
This role is to work across children's packages of care in Liverpool, supporting children with additional health needs (mainly autism, learning disabilities and challenging behaviour) in their family homes.
We require candidates who have previous experience working with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.
Shifts:
* We have various shifts available
* Must be flexible for short shifts and long shifts (mornings/afternoons/evenings/long days/waking nights)
* Part time or full time available
What we can offer you:
* Excellent Induction Training
* Ongoing support from our Children's Care Managers
* Monthly advance rotas
* Paid DBS Check
* Accrued holiday pay
* A Nest Personal Pension account
* We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
* 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
What we need from you:
* A passion for working with children
* Previous experience with autism and challenging behavior
* Have a genuine interest in providing the best person centered care possible
* Willingness to learn and develop
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Maintain professional boundaries with the client and their family members, adhering to direction from the care manager as appropriate
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 committed employer.