Thinking about starting a career in care? Begin your journey with Protective Care Group!
Deliver bespoke and tailor-made support for young people with complex needs, particularly those exhibiting challenging behaviour
Support is provided in solo residential placements only, giving you the opportunity to focus your efforts on one young person and hopefully see for yourself the difference you are making
We are looking for empathic and accepting Support Workers to work as part of small teams to deliver effective person-centred care for our young people. Providing unwavering day-to-day support
Supporting development and progression of young people
Record keeping and report writing that meets relevant regulatory requirements and legislation
Due to this, you must be comfortable with travelling and working away from home
A full UK manual driving license is required for all our Support Workers
To ensure consistency, our shift patterns revolve around rolling 4 shifts on and 4 shifts off. These include a combination of 12-hour day and waking night shifts, of which the day shifts are occasionally followed by sleeping nights, for which you are awarded an enhanced shift allowance. Rotas are designed to meet the needs of our young people, so we all apply a flexible approach to ensure we can provide the very best care possible
If successful after telephone call and teams interview, candidates are required to attend an assessment day in Gloucestershire.
Above all, our Support Workers will be kind and have:
A genuine passion for delivering the highest standard of care to vulnerable individuals
Knowledge of Safeguarding policies and procedures.
A full UK manual driving license and are happy and comfortable travelling for work
What we can offer our Support Workers:
PAYE role with consistent working hours.
Competitive basic salary
Up to £7,300 annual shift allowance (paid monthly, pro rata) - this rises considerably with the addition of sleeping night shifts.
Personalised onboarding, induction, and training period to give you all the tools you need to do your role well.
Continuous opportunities to undertake training and develop knowledge.
Paid Level 3 and Level 5 Diplomas to help you advance your career
Genuine opportunities to progress your career.
Paid holiday allowance, which increases with length of service.
Company pension scheme to which you can increase contributions and transfer other pensions
Active and generous refer a friend bonus scheme
Have your birthday off
Company sick pay
Employee Assistance Programme - for work and personal support
Internal confidential Welfare & Wellbeing support
Voucher reward scheme for improvement suggestions that we action